Psalms 91

1 He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, Habitually lodges in the shade of the Mighty,

O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;

2 He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,”

I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust,

3 For He delivers you from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He covers you over with His pinion, And under His wings you trust, His truth [is] a shield and buckler.

He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.

5 You are not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flies by day,

Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Of pestilence that walks in thick darkness, Of destruction that destroys at noon,

Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 One thousand fall at your side, And a myriad at your right hand, [But] it does not come near to you.

A thousand may fall at Thy side, and ten thousand at Thy right hand; it shall not come nigh thee.

8 But with your eyes you look, And you see the reward of the wicked,

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the recompense of the wicked.

9 (For You, O YHWH, [are] my refuge), You made the Most High your habitation.

For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.

10 Evil does not happen to you, And a plague does not come near your tent,

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

11 For He charges His messengers for you, To keep you in all your ways,

For He will give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 On the hands they bear you up, Lest you strike your foot against a stone.

They shall bear thee upon their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 You tread on lion and cobra, You trample young lion and dragon.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he has delighted in Me, I also deliver him—I set him on high, Because he has known My Name.

'Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name.

15 He calls Me, and I answer him, I [am] with him in distress, I deliver him, and honor him.

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.

16 I satisfy him with [the] length of [his] days, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

With long life will I satisfy him, and make Him to behold My salvation.'