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A psalm of refuge: the one who dwells in the secret place of the Most High rests under the shadow of the Almighty, shielded from terror by night, arrows by day, and pestilence in darkness. Angels are charged to guard his ways — the verse Satan quoted to Jesus in the wilderness — and God Himself promises deliverance, protection, and long life to the one who knows His name.

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1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

8 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

10 no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

11 For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

12 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

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

15 He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

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Psalms 91 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 26 cross-references, 3 Early-Church citations.

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Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 91:1–16 (111 words)
1
  1. יֹ֭שֵׁבyōšēbyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  2. בְּסֵ֣תֶרbĕsētercether: a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)H5643
  3. עֶלְי֑וֹןʿelyônelyown: an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.)H5945
  4. בְּצֵ֥לbĕṣēltsel: shade, whether literal or figurativeH6738
  5. שַׁ֝דַּ֗יšaddayShadday: the AlmightyH7706
  6. יִתְלוֹנָֽן׃yitlônānluwn: to stop (usually over night); (by implication) to stay permanentlyH3885
2
  1. אֹמַ֗רʾōmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  2. לַֽ֭יהוָהlayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. מַחְסִ֣יmaḥsîmachaceh: a shelter (literally or figuratively)H4268
  4. וּמְצוּדָתִ֑יûmĕṣûdātîmatsuwd: a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastnessH4686
  5. אֱ֝לֹהַ֗יʾĕlōhayelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  6. אֶבְטַחʾebṭaḥbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
3
  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  3. יַ֭צִּֽילְךָyaṣṣîlĕkānatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
  4. מִפַּ֥חmippaḥpach: a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)H6341
  5. יָק֗וּשׁyāqûšyaquwsh: (properly) entangled; (by implication) (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarerH3353
  6. מִדֶּ֥בֶרmiddeberdeber: a pestilenceH1698
  7. הַוּֽוֹת׃hawwôthavvah: desire; (also) ruinH1942
4
  1. בְּאֶבְרָת֨וֹ׀bĕʾebrātôebrah: feather, wingH84
  2. יָ֣סֶךְyāsekcakak: (properly) to entwine as a screen; (by implication) to fence in, cover overH5526
  3. לָ֭ךְlāk
  4. וְתַֽחַתwĕtaḥattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
  5. כְּנָפָ֣יוkĕnāpāywkanaph: an edge or extremityH3671
  6. תֶּחְסֶ֑הteḥsechacah: to flee for protection; (figuratively) to confide inH2620
  7. צִנָּ֖הṣinnâtsinnah: a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness)H6793
  8. וְֽסֹחֵרָ֣הwĕsōḥērâcocherah: something surrounding the person, i.e. a shieldH5507
  9. אֲמִתּֽוֹ׃ʾămittôemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
5
  1. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. תִ֭ירָאtîrāʾyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  3. מִפַּ֣חַדmippaḥadpachad: a (sudden) alarm; (properly) the object fearedH6343
  4. לָ֑יְלָהlāyĕlâlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
  5. מֵ֝חֵ֗ץmēḥēṣchets: (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow; (by implication) a woundH2671
  6. יָע֥וּףyāʿûpעוףH5774
  7. יוֹמָֽם׃yômāmyowmam: dailyH3119
6
  1. מִ֭דֶּבֶרmiddeberdeber: a pestilenceH1698
  2. בָּאֹ֣פֶלbāʾōpelophel: duskH652
  3. יַהֲלֹ֑ךְyahălōkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  4. מִ֝קֶּ֗טֶבmiqqeṭebqeteb: ruinH6986
  5. יָשׁ֥וּדyāšûdshuwd: (properly) to swell up; (figuratively, by implication of insolence) to devastateH7736
  6. צָהֳרָֽיִם׃ṣāhŏrāyimtsohar: a light (i.e. window)H6672
7
  1. יִפֹּ֤לyippōlnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
  2. מִצִּדְּךָ֙׀miṣṣiddĕkātsad: a side; (figuratively) an adversaryH6654
  3. אֶ֗לֶףʾelepeleph: a thousandH505
  4. וּרְבָבָ֥הûrĕbābârbabah: abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)H7233
  5. מִימִינֶ֑ךָmîmînekāyamiyn: the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous)H3225
  6. אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  7. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יִגָּֽשׁ׃yiggāšnagash: to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose)H5066
8
  1. רַ֭קraqraq: (properly) leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitationH7535
  2. בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָbĕʿênêkā`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  3. תַבִּ֑יטtabbîṭnabat: to scan, i.e. look intently at; (by implication) to regard with pleasure, favor or careH5027
  4. וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖תwĕšillumatshillumah: retributionH8011
  5. רְשָׁעִ֣יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  6. תִּרְאֶֽה׃tirʾera'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
9
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. אַתָּ֣הʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  3. יְהוָ֣הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. מַחְסִ֑יmaḥsîmachaceh: a shelter (literally or figuratively)H4268
  5. עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןʿelyônelyown: an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.)H5945
  6. שַׂ֣מְתָּśamtāsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  7. מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃mĕʿônekāma`own: an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair)H4583
10
  1. לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. תְאֻנֶּ֣הtĕʾunneanah: to approach; (hence) to meet in various sensesH579
  3. אֵלֶ֣יךָʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  4. רָעָ֑הrāʿâra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  5. וְ֝נֶ֗גַעwĕnegaʿnega`: a blow; (figuratively) an inflictionH5061
  6. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. יִקְרַ֥בyiqrabqarab: to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purposeH7126
  8. בְּאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃bĕʾāhŏlekāohel: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)H168
11
  1. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. מַ֭לְאָכָיוmalʾākāywmal'ak: a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)H4397
  3. יְצַוֶּהyĕṣawwetsavah: (intensively) to constitute, enjoinH6680
  4. לָּ֑ךְlāk
  5. לִ֝שְׁמָרְךָ֗lišmorkāshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  6. בְּכָלbĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  7. דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃dĕrākêkāderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
12
  1. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. כַּפַּ֥יִםkappayimkaph: the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the...H3709
  3. יִשָּׂא֑וּנְךָyiśśāʾûnĕkānasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  4. פֶּןpenpen: (properly) removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lestH6435
  5. תִּגֹּ֖ףtiggōpnagaph: to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)H5062
  6. בָּאֶ֣בֶןbāʾebeneben: a stoneH68
  7. רַגְלֶֽךָ׃raglekāregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
13
  1. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. שַׁ֣חַלšaḥalshachal: a lion (from his characteristic roar)H7826
  3. וָפֶ֣תֶןwāpetenpethen: an asp (from its contortions)H6620
  4. תִּדְרֹ֑ךְtidrōkdarak: to tread; (by implication) to walkH1869
  5. תִּרְמֹ֖סtirmōsramac: to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)H7429
  6. כְּפִ֣ירkĕpîrkphiyr: a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)H3715
  7. וְתַנִּֽין׃wĕtannîntanniyn: a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackalH8577
14
  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. בִ֣יbî
  3. חָ֭שַׁקḥāšaqchashaq: to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight inH2836
  4. וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּwaʾăpallĕṭēhûpalat: to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliverH6403
  5. אֲ֝שַׂגְּבֵ֗הוּʾăśaggĕbēhûsagab: to be lofty, especially inaccessible; (causatively) to make loftyH7682
  6. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  7. יָדַ֥עyādaʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  8. שְׁמִֽי׃šĕmîshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
15
  1. יִקְרָאֵ֨נִי׀yiqrāʾēnîqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  2. וְֽאֶעֱנֵ֗הוּwĕʾeʿĕnēhû`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  3. עִמּֽוֹʿimmô`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  4. אָנֹכִ֥יʾānōkîanokiy: IH595
  5. בְצָרָ֑הbĕṣārâtsarah: tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rivalH6869
  6. אֲ֝חַלְּצֵ֗הוּʾăḥallĕṣēhûchalats: to pull off; (hence, intensively) to stripH2502
  7. וַֽאֲכַבְּדֵֽהוּ׃waʾăkabbĕdēhûkabad: to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorableH3513
16
  1. אֹ֣רֶךְʾōrekorek: lengthH753
  2. יָ֭מִיםyāmîmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. אַשְׂבִּיעֵ֑הוּʾaśbîʿēhûsaba`: to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)H7646
  4. וְ֝אַרְאֵ֗הוּwĕʾarʾēhûra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  5. בִּֽישׁוּעָתִֽי׃bîšûʿātîyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444

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Strong's words in Psalms 91 (6)
Strong's H1698 — מִדֶּ֥בֶר (middeber)
deber (deh'-ber) n-m. 1. a pestilence [from H1696 (in the sense of destroying)] KJV: murrain, pestilence, plague. Root(s): H1696. Appears 2 times in Psalms 91.
Strong's H3068 — לַֽ֭יהוָה (layhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 2 times in Psalms 91.
Strong's H4268 — מַחְסִ֣י (maḥsî)
machaceh (makh-as-eh') (or machceh {makh-seh'}) n-m. 1. a shelter (literally or figuratively) [from H2620] KJV: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust. Root(s): H2620. Appears 2 times in Psalms 91.
Strong's H5945 — עֶלְי֑וֹן (ʿelyôn)
elyown (el-yone') adj. 1. an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.) 2. as title, the Supreme [from H5927] KJV: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most). Root(s): H5927. Appears 2 times in Psalms 91.
Strong's H7200 — תִּרְאֶֽה׃ (tirʾe)
ra'ah (raw-aw') v. 1. to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) [a primitive root] KJV: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 91.
Strong's H168 — בְּאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃ (bĕʾāhŏlekā)
ohel (o'-hel) n-m. 1. a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) [from H166] KJV: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent. Root(s): H166. Appears 1 time in Psalms 91.

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“Again, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here; for it is written, he shall give his angels charge concerning you”—referring no doubt, to the Father—“and in their hands they shall bear you up, so that you do not hurt your foot against a stone.””

What the Early Church wrote about Psalms 91 (2)

  • “and other similar passages, as, "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will by any means hurt you"; and again, "You shall tread on the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon you shall tramp...”

  • “but, according to David, he says, "I shall not be afraid of the nocturnal fear, nor the dart which flies during the day, nor the terror which walks in the darkness nor the ruin and the midday demon."”

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