A family rests safely in a rocky shelter as an eagle circles above distant lightning, lion, and serpent

Psalm 91

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Chapter overview
Psalm 91 describes intimate shelter, dependable refuge, and courage amid terror, disease, conflict, and dangerous paths. Trust does not deny peril; it rests in promised presence, rescue, protection, and answered prayer.
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1He who is dwelling || In the secret place of the Most High, || Habitually lodges in the shade of the Mighty,
2He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,”
3For He delivers you from the snare of a fowler, || From a calamitous pestilence.
4He covers you over with His pinion, || And under His wings you trust, || His truth [is] a shield and buckler.
5You are not afraid of fear by night, || Of arrow that flies by day,
6Of pestilence that walks in thick darkness, || Of destruction that destroys at noon,
7One thousand fall at your side, || And a myriad at your right hand, || [But] it does not come near to you.
8But with your eyes you look, || And you see the reward of the wicked,
9(For You, O YHWH, [are] my refuge), || You made the Most High your habitation.
10Evil does not happen to you, || And a plague does not come near your tent,
11For He charges His messengers for you, || To keep you in all your ways,
12On the hands they bear you up, || Lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13You tread on lion and cobra, || You trample young lion and dragon.
14Because he has delighted in Me, || I also deliver him—I set him on high, || Because he has known My Name.
15He calls Me, and I answer him, || I [am] with him in distress, || I deliver him, and honor him.
16I satisfy him with [the] length of [his] days, || And I cause him to look on My salvation!
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Verses to memorize from Psalm 91

  • Psalm 91:1-2He who is dwelling || In the secret place of the Most High, ||…
  • Psalm 91:2He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in…
  • Psalm 91:4-5He covers you over with His pinion, || And under His wings you trust,…
  • Psalm 91:11For He charges His messengers for you, || To keep you in all your ways,

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