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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;{HR}Jehovah [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.
 6By day the sun shall not smite thee,{HR}Nor 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 be afraid of myriads of people{HR}Which round about have set themselves in array against me. (Psa. 3:6)
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Psa. 27:1‑3• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When evil doers drew near unto me to eat my flesh,{HR}Mine adversaries and mine enemies against me,{HR}They stumbled and fell.
 3Though a host encamp against me, my heart doth not fear;{HR}Though war rise up against me, in this I [am] confident. (Psa. 27:1‑3)
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Psa. 46:2• 2Therefore will we not fear in the changing of the earth{HR}And in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas. (Psa. 46:2)
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Psa. 112:7• 7Of evil tidings he will not be afraid;{HR}Fixed [is] his heart, confiding in Jehovah. (Psa. 112:7)
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Job 5:19‑27• 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.
 23For with the stones of the field is thy covenant,{HR}And the wild beasts of the field are at peace with thee.
 24And thou knowest that thy tabernacle [is] peace,{HR}And thou shalt oversee thy place and miss nothing.
 25And thou shalt know that thy seed [is] great,{HR}And thine offspring as the green herb of the earth.
 26Thou shalt go to the grave in a full age,{HR}As the heap of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
 27Lo, this we have searched out; so it [is];{HR}Hear it and mark [it] well for thyself. (Job 5:19‑27)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth;{HR}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 we courageously say, Jehovah [is] my helper, and I will not be afraid: what shall man do to me? (Heb. 13:6)
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Psa. 3:5• 5I have lain down and slept;{HR}I have 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,{HR}When deep sleep falleth on man;
 14Shuddering befell me, and trembling,{HR}Which shook the multitude of my bones;
 15And a spirit glideth before me:{HR}The hairs of my body bristled up. (Job 4:13‑15)
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Job 24:14‑16• 14With the light the murderer riseth,{HR}He slayeth the poor and needy,{HR}And in the night he is as a thief.
 15And the adulterer’s eye watches for the twilight,{HR}Saying, "No eye observeth me,"{HR}And he layeth a veil over the face.
 16In the dark he breaketh into houses,{HR}They keep themselves close by day, 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,{HR}And thy foot shall not stumble.
 24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid,{HR}But thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
 25Be not afraid of sudden fear,{HR}Nor of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh; (Prov. 3:23‑25)
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Isa. 21:4• 4My heart panteth, horror affrighted 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 unto 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 digged through. (Luke 12:20,39)
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Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,{HR}The poison of which my spirit drinketh up.{HR}The terrors of God array themselves 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.” (“Psalm 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,

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou shalt not be afraid for terror by night,{HR}For arrow flying by day,