PSALM 91:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;”

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Psalm 91:5 Translation & Meaning

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Thou shalt not לֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
be afraid תִ֭ירָא To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten afraid
for the terror מִפַּ֣חַד A (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling) terror
by night; לָ֑יְלָה Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity night
nor (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
for the arrow מֵ֝חֵ֗ץ Properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear arrow
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
flieth יָע֥וּף To fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning) flieth
by day; יוֹמָֽם׃ Daily day

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  • 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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