New King James Version
Psalms 91:3
3Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous 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 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 secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. 4He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of 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 124:7Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 7:23Till an arrow struck his liver. As a bird hastens to the snare, He did not know it would cost his life.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.
- Hosea 9:8The watchman of Ephraim is with my God; But the prophet is a fowler’s snare in all his ways— Enmity in the house of his God.
- Amos 3:5Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
- Psalms 91:6Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
- Numbers 14:37those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:46So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take 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 plague upon Israel from the morning till the appointed time. From Dan to Beersheba seventy thousand men of the people died.
- 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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