Psalms 91

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)

1A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day.

1O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;

2It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

2I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust,

3To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

3That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

4He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.

5For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

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

6O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

6Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

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

8When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

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

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

9For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation.

10For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy 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 tent.

11But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

11For He will give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

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

13The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.

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

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.

15They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

15He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.

16That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

16With long life will I satisfy him, and make Him to behold My salvation.'

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