My Refuge and My Fortress

¹He who dwells in athe shelter of the Most High

will abide in bthe shadow of the Almighty.

²I will say1 to the Lord, “My crefuge and my dfortress,

my God, in whom I etrust.”

³For he will deliver you from fthe snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

⁴He will gcover you with his pinions,

and under his hwings you will ifind refuge;

his jfaithfulness is ka shield and buckler.

⁵lYou will not fear mthe terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

⁸You will only look with your eyes

and nsee the recompense of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the Lord your odwelling place—

the Most High, who is my crefuge2—

¹⁰pno evil shall be allowed to befall you,

qno plague come near your tent.

¹¹rFor he will command his sangels concerning you

to tguard you in all your ways.

¹²On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you ustrike your foot against a stone.

¹³You will tread on vthe lion and the wadder;

the young lion and xthe serpent you will ytrample underfoot.

¹⁴“Because he zholds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he aknows my name.

¹⁵When he bcalls to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and chonor him.

¹⁶With dlong life I will satisfy him

and eshow him my salvation.”