# Psalms 91.4 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 2. I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust. 3. For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. > > **4. He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.** > > 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6. For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. (Psalms 91:2-6, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 2. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” 3. For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. > > **4. He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.** > > 5. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; 6. nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. (Psalms 91:2-6, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 2. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. > > **4. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.** > > 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. (Psalms 91:2-6, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 2. He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,' 3. For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence. > > **4. With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth.** > > 5. Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day, 6. Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon, (Psalms 91:2-6, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [H0571 - emet](/codex/h0571-emet/), *emet*, Strong's H0571 ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Angels](/codex/angels/), via [Psalms 91.4-6](/codex/psalms-91-4-6/) - [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [Psalms 91.1-4](/codex/psalms-91-1-4/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.