Psalms 91

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¹A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath-day.

¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

²It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to thy name, O thou Most High;

²I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

³to proclaim thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth by night,

³Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

⁴on a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the harp.

⁴He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

⁵For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work: and in the operations of thy hands will I exult.

⁵Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

⁶How have thy works been magnified, O Lord! thy thoughts are very deep.

⁶Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

⁷A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

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

⁸When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; [it is] that they may be utterly destroyed for ever.

⁸Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

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

⁹Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

¹⁰For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

¹⁰There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

¹¹But my horn shall be exalted as [the horn] of a unicorn; and mine old age with rich mercy.

¹¹For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

¹²And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.

¹²They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹³The righteous shall flourish as a palm-tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus.

¹³Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

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

¹⁴Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

¹⁵Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare

¹⁵He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

¹⁶that the Lord my God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him .

¹⁶With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.