Psalm 91 — Whoever lives in the help of the Most High

Whoever lives in the help of the Most High will lodge in the protection of the God of heaven. He will say to the Lord: You are the one who holds me up, and the place I run to; my God — it is in Him I will hope. For He Himself has torn me free of the hunters' trap, and free of the cutting word. His shoulders will throw their shade over you, and under His wings you will set your hope. His truth will ring you round with a shield. You will not be afraid of the night's own terror, nor of the arrow in its daylight flight, nor of the thing that goes about in the dark, nor of the onslaught, nor of the demon at noon. At your side a thousand will go down, at your right hand ten thousand; and none of it will reach as far as you. Still, you will take it in with your own eyes and see what is paid back to sinners. Because you, Lord, are my hope — and the Most High you have set as your own refuge — no evil will get through to you, and the lash will not approach your tent. For He has given His angels orders about you, to guard you along all your roads. They will carry you in their hands, so that your foot never knocks against a stone. You will walk over the asp and the basilisk, and grind the lion and the dragon underfoot. Because he put his hope in me, I will cut him free; I will shield him, because he has come to know my name. He will call out to me, and I myself will hear him; I am with him in his trouble; I will pull him clear and make him glorious. I will fill him up with the length of days, and show him how I save.