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Psalm 91 Bible in Basic English
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
BBE Bible in Basic English
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
1 EL que habita al abrigo del Altísimo, morará bajo la sombra del Omnipotente.
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
2 Diré yo á Jehová: Esperanza mía, y castillo mío; mi Dios, en él confiaré.
2 I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
3 Y él te librará del lazo del cazador: de la peste destruidora.
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
4 You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.
4 Con sus plumas te cubrirá, y debajo de sus alas estarás seguro: escudo y adarga es su verdad.
4 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,
5 No tendrás temor de espanto nocturno, ni de saeta que vuele de día;
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.
6 Ni de pestilencia que ande en oscuridad, ni de mortandad que en medio del día destruya.
6 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
7 Caerán á tu lado mil, y diez mil á tu diestra: [mas] á ti no llegará.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.
8 Ciertamente con tus ojos mirarás, y verás la recompensa de los impíos.
8 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;
9 Porque tú has puesto á Jehová, [que es] mi esperanza, al Altísimo por tu habitación,
9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.
10 No te sobrevendrá mal, ni plaga tocará tu morada.
10 no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.
11 Pues que á sus ángeles mandará acerca de ti, que te guarden en todos tus caminos.
11 For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
12 En las manos te llevarán, porque tu pie no tropiece en piedra.
12 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
13 You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.
13 Sobre el león y el basilisco pisarás; hollarás al cachorro del león y al dragón.
13 You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
14 Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.
14 Por cuanto en mí ha puesto su voluntad, yo también lo libraré: pondrélo en alto, por cuanto ha conocido mi nombre.
14 “Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
15 When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.
15 Me invocará, y yo le responderé: con él estaré yo en la angustia: lo libraré, y le glorificaré.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
16 With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
16 Saciarélo de larga vida, y mostraréle mi salud.
16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 32:7; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 36:7; Psalm 17:8; 1 John 4:15–16
- 2 Psalm 18:2; Isaiah 26:3–4; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 142:5
- 3 Psalm 124:7; Psalm 141:9; Job 5:10–22; Proverbs 7:23; Proverbs 6:5
- 4 Psalm 61:4; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 17:8; Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 43:1–2
- 5 Isaiah 43:2; Job 5:19–27; Proverbs 3:23–25; Psalm 3:5–6; Hebrews 13:6
- 6 Psalm 121:5–6; Numbers 16:48; Matthew 24:6–7; Exodus 12:29–30; 2 Kings 19:35
- 7 Exodus 12:12–13; Genesis 7:23; Psalm 32:6; Numbers 14:37–38; Joshua 14:10
- 8 Psalm 37:34; Proverbs 3:25–26; Psalm 92:11; Malachi 1:5; Psalm 58:10–11
- 9 Psalm 71:3; Psalm 90:1; Psalm 91:1–2; Psalm 142:4–5; Psalm 146:5–6
- 10 Proverbs 12:21; Psalm 121:7; Deuteronomy 7:15; Romans 8:25; Job 5:24
- 11 Luke 4:10–11; Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14; Proverbs 3:6; Matthew 4:6
- 12 Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 3:23; Luke 4:11; Isaiah 63:9; Matthew 4:6
- 13 Luke 10:19; Mark 16:18; Daniel 6:22; 1 Samuel 17:37; Judges 14:5–6
- 14 Psalm 9:10; John 14:23; James 1:12; John 16:27; Romans 8:28
- 15 Jeremiah 33:3; Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 138:7; John 12:26
- 16 Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 3:16; Psalm 21:4; Psalm 50:23; Isaiah 65:20–22
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This Psalm is entitled, "The prayer of Moses the man of God," through whom, His man, God gave the law to His people, through whom He freed them from the house of slavery, and led them forty years through the wilderness. Moses was therefore the Minister of the Old, and the Prophet of the New Testament.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… killing, and impeding the steps of man, until the seed did come appointed to tread down his head,--which was born of Mary, of whom the prophet speaks: "Thou shalt tread upon the asp and the basilisk; thou shalt trample down the lion and the dragon;" --indicating that sin, which was set up and spread out against man, and which rendered …
"Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk and thou shalt trample under feet the lion and the dragon." With faith thou hast the power to walk upon serpents and scorpions.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)