Psalms 91

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

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under 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, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

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

Surely he shall 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 shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.

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

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;

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

[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for 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 shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] 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 reward of the wicked.

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

Because thou hast made the LORD, [which 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 dwelling.

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

For he shall 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 up in [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 adder: the young lion and the dragon 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 deliver him, and honour him.

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 shew him my salvation.