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Psalm 91

Psa. 91:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Surelyd he shall deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
thee from the snare
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
of the fowler
yaquwsh (Hebrew #3353)
properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer
KJV usage: fowler, snare.
Pronounce: yaw-koosh'
Origin: passive participle of 3369
, and from the noisome
havvah (Hebrew #1942)
desire; also ruin
KJV usage: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
Pronounce: hav-vaw'
Origin: from 1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling)
pestilence
deber (Hebrew #1698)
a pestilence
KJV usage: murrain, pestilence, plague.
Pronounce: deh'-ber
Origin: from 1696 (in the sense of destroying)
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snare.
and from.
Psa. 91:6• 6For plague walking in darkness,{HR}For destruction waiting at noon. (Psa. 91:6)
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Num. 14:37‑38• 37{i}even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.{/i}
38{i}But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.{/i}
(Num. 14:37‑38)
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Num. 16:46‑48• 46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; {i}and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.{/i}
48{i}And he{/i} stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed{i}.
(Num. 16:46‑48)
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2 Sam. 24:15• 15{i}And Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the set time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.{/i} (2 Sam. 24:15)
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Job 5:10‑22• 10Who giveth rain on the face of the earth,{HR}And sendeth water on the face of the fields,
11To set the low on high,{HR}And raise up the mourning to prosperity.
12He breaketh to pieces the devices of the crafty,{HR}So that they can do nothing to purpose;
13He taketh the wise in their craftiness,{HR}And the counsel of the cunning is overturned.
14By day they run against darkness,{HR}And as in the night they grope at noon-day.
15And he saveth the poor from the sword out of their mouth,{HR}And from the hand of the strong;
16So there is hope to the poor,{HR}And iniquity shutteth her mouth.
17Lo, happy the man whom God correcteth:{HR}Therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18For he woundeth, and bindeth up,{HR}He smiteth and his hands make whole.
19In six troubles he will deliver thee,{HR}And in seven no evil shall befall thee.
20In famine he hath redeemed thee from death,{HR}And in war from the hand of the sword.
21In the scourge of the tongue thou art hidden,{HR}And fearest not destruction when it cometh;
22At destruction and at famine thou shalt laugh,{HR}And thou shalt not be afraid before beasts of the earth.
(Job 5:10‑22)
 {v.3-7} Faith thus, in its confession of His name, makes its refuge and strong tower, and moreover trusts in it: a great thing, for no power of evil, no cause of distress can be anything to upset the mind, if the Lord be looked to and trusted in. It has here the promise of ever watchful and protecting care. This is true whatever outward evil may come. As we see in Luke 21:16-18, the Lord says some of them should be put to death, but not a hair of their head should perish—they were all counted. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 90-93 by J.N. Darby)
 (vv. 3-8) In these verses the Spirit of God addresses Christ, unfolding the blessings that flow to the one who dwells in the secret place of the Most High. (Psalm 91 by H. Smith)
 The perils of the tribulation described under twelve different figures, cannot touch them because they have made the Lord their refuge (vs. 3-13). (Book 4. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Surelya *he* shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the destructive pestilence.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "For."

W. Kelly Translation

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Surely he shall deliver thee from the fowler’s snare,{HR}From mischiefs’ plague.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)