Psalm 91

Abraham Coles

3 The Lord is his deliverance
From fowler's snare, and pestilence:
4 His wings shall a safe covert yield;
His truth a buckler be and shield.
5 Thee shall no terror of the night.
Nor dart that flies by day affright;

6 No pest that in the darkness hastes,
Nor sickness that at noon-day wastes;
7 Thousands shall fall at thy right hand.
But unmolested thou shalt stand:
8 Thou only with thine eyes shalt see,
Shalt only a spectator be,

Of the reward and recompense
God doth to wicked men dispense.
9 And inasmuch as thou hast said,
"The Lord my refuge is;" and made
Thy habitation the Most High;
10 No plague shall come thy dwelling nigh:

11 For He shall give His angels charge.
With heavenly orders strict and large,
To keep thee safe in all thy ways,
12 And in their hands to thee upraise —
Lest, left unto thyself alone,
Thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt upon the lion tread.
And trample on the serpent's head.
14 Jehovah saith: "Because that he
Hath set his love supreme on Me —
Because that he My Name hath known,
I will deliver him and own.

15 "He shall upon Me call, and I
Will answer, and to him draw nigh:
Will with him in his trouble be,
Will honor him and set him free:
16 Long life I will on him bestow,
And to him My salvation show."