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Psalms 91:3
3For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
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
1Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. 4He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. 5Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.
Read all of Psalms 91Psalms 91:3 word by word
כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַ֭צִּֽילְךָ מִפַּ֥ח יָק֗וּשׁ מִדֶּ֥בֶר הַוּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 91:3
- Psalms 124:7We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong.
- Proverbs 7:23awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
- Hosea 9:8The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God, yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.
- Amos 3:5Does a bird ever get caught in a trap that has no bait? Does a trap spring shut when there’s nothing to catch?
- 1 Timothy 6:9But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- 2 Timothy 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.
- Psalms 91:6Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
- Numbers 14:37were struck dead with a plague before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:46And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord. The Lord’s anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”
- 2 Samuel 24:15So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days. A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.
- Job 5:10He gives rain for the earth and water for 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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