Psalm 91

  1. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,
  2. will say to the LORD, "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 pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
  5. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
  6. nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
  7. A thousand may fall at your side, 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 the LORD your refuge, the Most High your habitation,
  10. no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent.
  11. For He will give His angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways.
  12. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
  13. You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.
  14. Because he cleaves to Me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows My name.
  15. When he calls to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honor him.
  16. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.

The 91st Psalm in Verse

He that doth in the secret place
of the most High reside,
Under the shade of Him that is
th' Almighty shall abide.

I of the Lord my God will say,
He is my refuge still,
He is my fortress, and my God,
and in Him trust I will.

Assuredly He shall thee save,
and give deliverance
From subtile fowler's snare, and from
the noisome pestilence.

His feathers shall thee hide, thy trust
under His wings shall be:
His faithfulness shall be a shield
and buckler unto thee.

Thou shall not need to be afraid
for the terrors of the night;
Nor for the arrow that doth fly
by day, while it is light;

Not for the pestilence, that walks
in darkness secretly;
Nor for destruction, that doth waste
at noon-day openly.

A thousand at thy side shall fall,
on thy right hand shall lie
Then thousand dead; yet into thee
it shall not once come nigh.

Only thou with thine eyes shall look,
and a beholder be;
And thou therein the just reward
of wicked men shalt see.

Because the Lord, Who constantly
my refuge is alone,
Ev'n the Most High, is made by thee
Thy habitation;

No plague shall near thy dwelling come,
No ill shall thee befall:

For thee to keep in
all thy ways
His angels
charge He shall.

They in their hands shall bear thee up,
still waiting thee upon;
Lest thou at any time should'st dash
thy foot against a stone.

Upon the adder thou shalt tread,
and on the lion strong;
Thy feet on dragons trample shall,
and on the lion's young.

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.

He'll call on Me, I'll answer him;
I will be with him still
In trouble, to deliver him,
and honour him I will.

With length of days unto his mind
I will him satisfy;
I also My salvation
willl cause his eyes to see.


I found this in "The Psalms in Verse" published in 1995 by the Barbour and Company. This is an incredible book. Someone has written all 150 psalms as rhyming poems.
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