“Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.”
— WEB
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.”
— WEB
“Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.”
— KJV
“Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.”
— ASV
We have here the lively actings of David's faith in his prayer, by which he was assured that the issue would be comfortable, though the attempt upon him was formidable. I. He was sure that he had God on his side, that God took his part (Psa 54:4); he speaks it with an air of triumph and exultation, Behold, God is my helper. If we be for him, he is for us; and, if he be for us, we shall have such help in him that we need not fear any power engaged against us. Though men and devils aim to be our destroyers, they shall not prevail while God is our helper: The Lord is with those that uphold my soul. Compare Psa 118:7, "The Lord taketh my part with those that help me. There are some that uphold me, and God is one of them; he is the principal one; none of them could help me if he did not help them." Every creature is that to us (and no more) that God makes it to be. He means, "The Lord is he that upholds my soul, and keeps me from tiring in my work and sinking under my burdens." He that by his providence upholds all things by his grace upholds the souls of his people.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
(Compare Psa 30:10). with them--on their side, and for me (compare Psa 46:11).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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