Psalm 91
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
Note: This page also has a Long Metre
version of this psalm.
1 The man that doth in secret place
Of God Most High reside,
Beneath the shade of him that is
Th' Almighty shall abide.
2 I of the Lord my God will say,
He is my refuge still,
He is my fortress and my God;
And trust in him I will.
3 Assuredly he shall thee save,
And give deliverance
From cunning fowler's snare, and from
The deadly pestilence.
4 His feathers shall thee hide; thy trust
Beneath his wings shall be:
His faithfulness shall be a shield
And buckler unto thee.
5 Thou shalt not need to be afraid
For terrors of the night;
Nor for the arrow that doth fly
By day, while it is light;
6 Nor for the pestilence, that walks
In darkness secretly;
Nor for destruction, that doth wast
At noon-day openly.
7 A thousand at thy side shall fall,
On thy right hand shall lie
Ten thousand dead; yet unto thee
It shall not once come nigh.
8 Thou with thy eyes shalt on it look
And a beholder be;
And thou therein the just reward
Of wicked men shalt see.
9 Because the Lord, who ever is
My refuge and my aid,
Ev'n God Most High, has been by thee
Thy habitation made;
10 No plague shall near thy dwelling come,
No evil thee befall:
For thee to keep in all thy ways
His angels charge he shall.
11 They in their hands shall bear thee up,
Still waiting thee upon;
Lest thou at any time shouldst dash
Thy foot against a stone.
12 Upon the adder thou shalt tread,
And on the lion strong;
Thy feet on dragons trample shall,
And on the lions young.
13 Because on me he set his love, .
I'll save and set him free;
Because my great name he hath known~
I will him set on high.
14 He'll call on me, I'll answer him;
I will be with him still
In trouble, to deliver him,
And honor him I will.
15 A length of days to his desire
I will on him bestow,
And I in kindness unto him
Will my salvation show.
1 The man who once has found abode
Within the secret place of God,
Shall with Almighty God abide,
And in his shadow safely hide.
2 I of the Lord my God will say,
He is my refuge and my stay;
To him for safety I will flee;
My God, in him my trust shall be.
3 He shall with all protecting care
Preserve thee from the fowler's snare;
When fearful plagues around prevail,
No fatal stroke shall thee assail.
4 His outspread pinions shall thee hide;
Beneath his wings shalt thou confide;
His faithfulness shall ever be
A shield and buckler unto thee.
5 No nightly terrors shall alarm,
No deadly shaft by day shall harm,
Nor pestilence that walks by night,
Nor plagues that waste in noon-day light.
6 A thousand at thy side shall lie,
At thy right hand ten thousand due
But thou unharmed, secure, shalt see
What wicked men's reward shall be.
7 Because thy trust is God alone,
Thy dwelling-place the Highest One,
no evil shall upon thee come,
Nor plague approach thy guarded home.
8 O'er thee his angels he commands,
To bear thee safely in their hands;
To keep thee in thy ways each one,
Nor dash thy foot against a stone.
9 Thy foot shall crush the adder's head,
On lions and on dragons tread;
And since on me he set his love,
I Will his constant Savior prove.
10 Because to him my name is dear,
I'll him exalt above all fear.
To me he'll lift his earnest cry,
And I will answer from on high.
11 I will be near when troubles press;
I'll save him, and with honors bless;
With life he satisfied shall be,
And my salvation he shall see.
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