KJV King James Version
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.
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Psalm 91:4
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
WEB World English Bible
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
ASV American Standard Version
He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.
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Psalm 61:4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.Psalm 57:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:Isaiah 43:1-2But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.Psalm 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.Hebrews 6:17-18Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;Psalm 138:2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.Mark 13:31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.Psalm 89:23-24And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
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