1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisomepestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evilbefall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angelscharge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With longlife will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
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QUESTIONS WORTH EXPLORING
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What stands out about protection under divine wings in Psalm 91?
Psalm 91 builds its movement around protection under divine wings, traps, pestilence, warfare, and a closing divine speech. Tracking repeated words, parallel lines, changes of speaker, and image clusters shows how the poem develops before assigning a later interpretation.
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What world does Psalm 91 ask the reader to picture?
The poem evokes shelter, battlefield, road, and household. Those settings may be literal, remembered, ritual, or metaphorical; distinguishing those possibilities is part of reading Hebrew poetry carefully.
⌘Research PathsCurated links for exploring this chapter2
Chapter-specific scholarly discussion of Psalm 91’s threats from plague, nighttime terror, arrows, hostile forces, dangerous animals, and sudden death. It places the protective imagery within the ancient world while addressing the tension between the poem’s broad promises and lived experience.
Translation notes clarify the divine titles Most High and Almighty, shelter and wing imagery, the hunter’s snare, pestilence, nighttime terror, the difficult threat at midday, guardian angels, lions, serpents, long life, and rescue.
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