Psalm 91

Every morning and every night during my illness I read, and claimed by faith the words of Psalm 91, especially verses 14 to 16. God is good – you can put your trust in Him, whatever your situation.

¹ She who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

³ Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
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 observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.

⁹ If you make the Most High your dwelling-
even the LORD , who is my refuge-
¹⁰ then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

¹⁴ “Because she loves me,” says the LORD , “I will rescue her;
I will protect her, for she acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ She will call upon me, and I will answer her;
I will be with her in trouble,
I will deliver her and honour her.
¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy her
and show her my salvation.”