Psalms 91:8-16

Context

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back.¹

91:9 For you have taken refuge in the Lord,

my shelter, the sovereign One.²

91:10 No harm will overtake³ you;

no illness⁴ will come near your home.⁵

91:11 For he will order his angels⁶

to protect you in all you do.⁷

91:12 They will lift you up in their hands,

so you will not slip and fall on a stone.⁸

91:13 You will subdue⁹ a lion and a snake;¹⁰

you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.

91:14 The Lord says,¹¹

“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;

I will protect him¹² because he is loyal to me.¹³

91:15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him.

I will be with him when he is in trouble;

I will rescue him and bring him honor.

91:16 I will satisfy him with long life,¹⁴

and will let him see my salvation.

[91:8] ¹tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”

[91:9] ²tn Heb “for you, the Lord, my shelter, the Most High, you have made your dwelling place.”

[91:10] ³tn Or “confront.”

[91:10] ⁴tn For this sense of the Hebrew term נגע see Ps 38:11.

[91:10] ⁵tn Heb “your tent.”

[91:11] ⁶tn Heb “for his angels he will command concerning you.”

[91:11] ⁷tn Heb “in all your ways.”

[91:12] ⁸tn Heb “so your foot will not strike a stone.”

[91:13] ⁹tn Heb “walk upon.”

[91:13] ¹⁰tn Or perhaps “cobra” (see Ps 58:4).

[91:14] ¹¹tn The words “the Lord says” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the words which follow are the Lord’s oracle of assurance.

[91:14] ¹²tn Or “make him secure” (Heb “set him on high”).

[91:14] ¹³tn Heb “because he knows my name” (see Ps 9:10).

[91:16] ¹⁴tn Heb “length of days.”