Psalms 91

1 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

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

2 He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

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

3 For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

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

4 He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

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

5 His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

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

6 Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

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

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

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

8 But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

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

9 Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.

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

10 There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

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

11 For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

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

12 In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

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

14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

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

15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

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

16 I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

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