Psalms 91

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 You who live in the secret place of Elyon, spend your nights in the shelter of Shaddai,	1 A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.
2 saying to Yahweh, 'My refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust!'	2 It is good to confess to the Lord and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High:
3 He rescues you from the snare of the fowler set on destruction;	3 to announce your mercy in the morning, and your truth throughout the night,
4 he covers you with his pinions, you find shelter under his wings. His constancy is shield andprotection.	4 upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, with a canticle, upon stringed instruments.
5 You need not fear the terrors of night, the arrow that flies in the daytime,	5 For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, and I will exult in the works of your hands.
6 the plague that stalks in the darkness, the scourge that wreaks havoc at high noon.	6 How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts have been made exceedingly deep.
7 Though a thousand fal at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, you yourself wil remainunscathed.	7 A foolish man will not know these things, and a senseless one will not understand:
8 You have only to keep your eyes open to see how the wicked are repaid,	8 when sinners will have risen up like grass, and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared, that they shall pass away, age after age.
9 you who say, 'Yahweh my refuge!' and make Elyon your fortress.	9 But you, O Lord, are the Most High for all eternity.
10 No disaster can overtake you, no plague come near your tent;	10 For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed.
11 he has given his angels orders about you to guard you wherever you go.	11 And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy.
12 They will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.	12 And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me.
13 You wil walk upon wild beast and adder, you wil trample young lions and snakes.	13 The just one will flourish like the palm tree. He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon.
14 'Since he clings to me I rescue him, I raise him high, since he acknowledges my name.	14 Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
15 He cal s to me and I answer him: in distress I am at his side, I rescue him and bring him honour.	15 They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well,
16 I shal satisfy him with long life, and grant him to see my salvation.'	16 so that they may announce that the Lord our God is righteous and that there is no iniquity in him.