Our Refuge - Psalm 91

  One way to pray is to make the Scriptures our own by putting them in the first person so that we see how they apply to us.  Today let us do that with Psalm 91, the great Psalm of God's protection.

  God, you are my refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust.  You will save me from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.  You will cover me with your feathers and under your wings I will find refuge.  Your faithfulness will be my shield and rampart.  I will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.  Although a thousand may fall at my side, ten thousand at my right hand, it will not come near me.  I will only observe with my eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

  I make the Most High my dwelling – the Lord, who is my refuge – and no harm will befall me, no disaster will come near my tent.  He will command his angels concerning me to guard me in all my ways.  They will lift me up in their hands so that I do not strike my foot against a stone.  I will tread upon the lion and the cobra; I will trample the great lion and the serpent.

  Because I love the Lord He will rescue me.  He will protect me because I acknowledge his name.  I will call upon him and he will answer me.  He will be with me in trouble.  He will deliver me and honor me.  He will give me long life and salvation.

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