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Psalm 91

Psa. 91:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thouh shalt not be afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
for the terror
pachad (Hebrew #6343)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Pronounce: pakh'-ad
Origin: from 6342
by night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
; nor for the arrow
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
that flieth
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
by day
yowmam (Hebrew #3119)
daily
KJV usage: daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
Pronounce: yo-mawm'
Origin: from 3117
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Psa. 121:5‑6• 5Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;
 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (Psa. 121:5‑6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou.
Psa. 3:6• 6I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about. (Psa. 3:6)
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Psa. 27:1‑3• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
 3If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident. (Psa. 27:1‑3)
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Psa. 46:2• 2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas; (Psa. 46:2)
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Psa. 112:7• 7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah; (Psa. 112:7)
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Job 5:19‑27• 19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
 20In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
 21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
 24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
 25And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
 26Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
 27Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself. (Job 5:19‑27)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 43:2• 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isa. 43:2)
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Matt. 8:26• 26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. (Matt. 8:26)
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Heb. 13:6• 6So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me? (Heb. 13:6)
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Psa. 3:5• 5I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. (Psa. 3:5)
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2 Kings 7:6• 6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. (2 Kings 7:6)
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Job 4:13‑15• 13In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:--
 14Fear came on me, and trembling, and made all my bones to shake;
 15And a spirit passed before my face--the hair of my flesh stood up-- (Job 4:13‑15)
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Job 24:14‑16• 14The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
 15And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.
 16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light: (Job 24:14‑16)
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Prov. 3:23‑25• 23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble;
 24when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.
 25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh; (Prov. 3:23‑25)
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Isa. 21:4• 4My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. (Isa. 21:4)
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Luke 12:20,39• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 39But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through. (Luke 12:20,39)
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Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me. (Job 6:4)
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Lam. 3:12‑13• 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. (Lam. 3:12‑13)
• In result the one who dwells in the secret place will not be afraid of secret attack― “the terror by night,” nor of direct and open opposition―the “arrow by day.” (“Psalms 91” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day,