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Psalms 91:3

What does Psalms 91:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 91:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Psalms 91:3 means

This verse begins to enumerate the specific dangers from which God will deliver the one who trusts in Him. The "snare of the fowler" represents hidden traps, unexpected dangers, and plots devised by enemies to capture or harm. The "deadly pestilence" refers to widespread diseases or plagues that threaten life. God's promise is to rescue His beloved from both deliberate malice and unseen, deadly forces. This assurance highlights God's comprehensive protection, safeguarding His people from both human and natural perils.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the destructive pestilence.

Context

Having established God as a personal refuge, this verse immediately provides concrete examples of His protective actions. It shifts from general assurance to specific threats, introducing the idea that God actively intervenes. This sets the stage for the detailed descriptions of dangers and deliverances that continue through verse 6, illustrating the breadth of God's guardianship against real-world threats.

v.2I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.

v.3This passage

v.4He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  • Psalms 141:9

    Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • 2 Samuel 24:15

    So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

  • Proverbs 6:5

    Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Psalms 91:6

    For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

  • Amos 3:5

    Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

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