English Standard Version
Psalms 91:3
3For he will deliver you 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
Context of Psalms 91:3
1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. 4He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 5You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַ֭צִּֽילְךָ מִפַּ֥ח יָק֗וּשׁ מִדֶּ֥בֶר הַוּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 91:3
- Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
- Proverbs 7:23till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
- Hosea 9:8The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God; yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
- Amos 3:5Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
- Psalms 91:6nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
- Numbers 14:37the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:46And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun."
- 2 Samuel 24:15So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men.
- Job 5:10he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on 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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Commentaries on Psalms 91
- 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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