Psalms 91

God’s Protection in Times of Crisis

¹One who lives in the secret place of the Most High[#Or “shelter”]

will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.

²I will say to Yahweh, “You are my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust.”

³For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler,[#Hebrew “he, he will deliver” is perhaps emphatic, “He will certainly deliver”]

from the plague of destruction.

⁴With his feathers he will cover you,

and under his wings you can take refuge.

His faithfulness will be a shield and a buckler.

⁵You need not fear the terror of the night,

or the arrow that flies by day,

⁶or the plague that spreads in the darkness,

or the destruction that devastates at noon.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,

and ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

⁸You will only look with your eyes,

and see the punishment of the wicked.

⁹For you, O Yahweh, are my refuge.

You have made the Most High your dwelling place.

¹⁰No harm will befall you,

and no plague will come near your tent.

¹¹For he will command his angels concerning you,

to watch over you in all your ways.

¹²In their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

¹³You will tread on lion and viper;

you will trample young lion and serpent.

¹⁴Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will protect him because he knows my name.

¹⁵He will call upon me and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue and honor him.

¹⁶With long life I will satisfy him,[#Literally “a length of days”]

and show him my salvation.