Psalm 33:19 (WEB)
to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
Fathers and councils · 4
Eusebius of Caesarea
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver their souls from death.”” — editor's note: Psa. xxxiii. 16–19
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Augustine of Hippo
““To deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine” (ver. 19).” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For by his word and advice he opened the stores of those who possessed them, and so, according to the Scripture dealt food to the hungry, and satisfied the poor with bread, and fed them in the time of dearth, and filled the hungry souls with good things.” — editor's note: Ib. xxxiii. 19.
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Tertullian
““For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy, to deliver their souls from death,” even eternal death, “and to nourish them in their hunger,” that is, after eternal life.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 18, 19, slightly altered.
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