33:16 No king is delivered by his vast army;
a warrior is not saved by his great might.
33:20 We 1 wait for the Lord;
he is our deliverer 2 and shield. 3
33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him,
for we trust in his holy name.
1 tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.
2 tn Or “[source of] help.”
3 tn Or “protector.”