The Lord is your Protector.\par He protects you with his great power.\par
Psalm 91:1 - Easy To Read Version You can go to God Most-High to hide.\par You can go to the God All-Powerful\par for protection.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. American Standard Version (1901) He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Common English Bible Living in the Most High’s shelter, camping in the Almighty’s shade, Catholic Public Domain Version A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day. |
The Lord is your Protector.\par He protects you with his great power.\par
Protect me like the pupil {\cf2\super [90]} of your eye.\par Hide me in the shadow of your wings.\par
That person will enjoy good things,\par and his children will keep the land \{God promised to give him\}.\par
The Lord will protect me\par when I am in danger.\par He will hide me in his tent. {\cf2\super [163]} \par He will take me up\par to his place of safety.\par
Bad people join together to hurt good people.\par Those bad people try to start fights.\par But you hide those good people\par and protect them.\par You protect them in your shelter.\par
God, you are a hiding place for me.\par You protect me from my troubles.\par You surround me and protect me.\par So I sing about the way you saved me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [201]})\i0 \par
Nothing is more precious\par than your loving kindness.\par People and angels {\cf2\super [222]} come to you\par for protection.\par
But I am like a green olive tree\par growing in God’s temple.\par I will trust God’s true love\par forever and ever.\par
God, be merciful to me.\par Be kind because my soul trusts you.\par I have come to you for protection,\par while the trouble passes.\par
\{Lord\} you are a safe place\par for poor people that have needs.\par Many problems begin to defeat these people,\par but you protect them.\par \{Lord\} you are like a house protecting people\par from floods and heat.\par Troubles are like terrible winds and rain.\par The rain hits the wall and runs down,\par but the people in the house are not hurt.\par
\{If this would happen\}, then the king {\cf2\super [294]} would be like a place to hide from the wind and rain. It would be like having streams of water in a dry land. It would be like a cool shadow from a large rock in a hot land.
If you will respect the Lord and consider him holy, then he will be a safe place for you. But you don’t respect him. So God is like a rock that you people fall over. He is a rock that makes the two families of Israel stumble. The Lord is a trap to catch all the people of Jerusalem.
The king was very important to us.\par He was like the breath we breathe.\par But the king was trapped by them.\par The king was chosen by the Lord himself.\par We had said about the king,\par “We will live in his shadow.\par He protects us from the nations.”\par
“So tell those people these things: The Lord our Master says, ‘It is true, I forced my people to go far away to other nations. I did scatter them among many countries. But I will be their temple for a short time while they are in those other countries.
But the thornbush said to the trees, “If you really want to make me king over you, come and find shelter in my shade. But if you do not want to do this, then let fire come out of the thornbush. Let the fire burn even the cedar trees of Lebanon.”