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DSS 11QPs lacks Psalm; the Heb. lacks this line">a</a></span> </p><p class="heading">God is My Refuge</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High,</p> <p class="poetry2">who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>will say to the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">“You are my refuge, my fortress,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my God in whom I trust!”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He will surely deliver you from the hunter’s snare</p> <p class="poetry2">and from the destructive plague.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>With his feathers he will cover you,</p> <p class="poetry2">under his wings you will find safety.</p> <p class="poetry2">His truth is your shield and armor.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You need not fear terror that stalks<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="91:5 The Heb. lacks that stalks">b</a></span> in the night,</p> <p class="poetry2">the arrow that flies in the day,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>plague that strikes in the darkness,</p> <p class="poetry2">or calamity that destroys at noon.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If a thousand fall at your side</p> <p class="poetry2">or ten thousand at your right hand,</p> <p class="poetry2">it will not overcome you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Only observe<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="91:8 Or Only you will observe">c</a></span> it with your eyes,</p> <p class="poetry2">and you will see how the wicked are paid back.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“LORD, you are my refuge!”</p> <p class="poetry2">Because you chose the Most High as your dwelling place,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>no evil will fall upon you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and no affliction will approach your tent,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for he will command his angels</p> <p class="poetry2">to protect you in all your ways.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>With their hands they will lift you up</p> <p class="poetry2">so you will not trip over a stone.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You will stomp on lions and snakes;</p> <p class="poetry2">you will trample young lions and serpents.</p> <p class="heading">The LORD Speaks</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Because he has focused his love on me,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will deliver him.</p> <p class="poetry2">I will protect him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="91:14 Or will set him on high">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">because he knows my name.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When he calls out to me,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will answer him.</p> <p class="poetry2">I will be with him in his<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="91:15 The Heb. lacks his">e</a></span> distress.</p> <p class="poetry2">I will deliver him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I will honor him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/91-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will satisfy him with long life;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will show him my deliverance.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 91:T So LXX; 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