American Standard Version
Psalms 91:3
3For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,And from the deadly pestilence.
Psalms 91:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- New International Version (NIV)Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
Context of Psalms 91:3
1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust. For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler. 5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַ֭צִּֽילְךָ מִפַּ֥ח יָק֗וּשׁ מִדֶּ֥בֶר הַוּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 91:3
- Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 7:23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Hosea 9:8Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.
- Amos 3:5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
- 1 Timothy 6:9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
- Psalms 91:6For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
- Numbers 14:37even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.
- Numbers 16:46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
- 2 Samuel 24:15So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
- Job 5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
Commentaries on Psalms 91:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Surely he shall deliver thee - If thou wilt act thus, then the God in whom thou trustest will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, from all the devices of Satan, and from all dangerous maladies. As the original word, דבר dabar, signifies a word spoken, and deber, the same letters, signifies pestilence; so some translate one way, and some another: he shall deliver thee from the evil and slanderous word; he shall deliver thee from the noisome…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler - The snare or gin set for catching birds; meaning, here, that God would save him from the purposes of wicked people; such purposes as might be compared with the devices employed to catch birds. On the meaning of the figure used here, see the notes at Psalm 18:5. And from the noisome pestilence - The “fatal” pestilence; the pestilence that spreads death in its march. That is, he can prevent its…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God protects the godly from deadly disease and even a destructive word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. snares ... [and] ... noisome pestilence--literally, "plagues of mischiefs" (Psa 5:9; 52:7), are expressive figures for various evils.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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