Psalms 91

1A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.

1He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

2It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

2He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'

3To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

3For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

4Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

4With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler <FI>is<Fi> His truth.

5For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

5Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

6O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

6Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

7The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

7There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.

8When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

8But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

9But thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

9(For Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.

10For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent,

11But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

11For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

12My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

12On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

13The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

13On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

14They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

14Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him--I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

15They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

15He doth call Me, and I answer him, I <FI>am<Fi> with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

16That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

16With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!