Psalm 91:4
New International Version
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

New Living Translation
He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

English Standard Version
He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Berean Standard Bible
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

King James Bible
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

New King James Version
He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

New American Standard Bible
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may take refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and wall.

NASB 1995
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

NASB 1977
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

Legacy Standard Bible
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you will take refuge; His truth is a large shield and bulwark.

Amplified Bible
He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions, And under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

Christian Standard Bible
He will cover you with his feathers; you will take refuge under his wings. His faithfulness will be a protective shield.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will cover you with His feathers; you will take refuge under His wings. His faithfulness will be a protective shield.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In his feathers he shall deliver you and under his wings you shall have refuge; his truth shall surround you as a supply of armor.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield.

Contemporary English Version
He will spread his wings over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a city wall.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

English Revised Version
He shall cover thee with his pinions, and under his wings shalt thou take refuge: his truth is a shield and a buckler.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.

Good News Translation
He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.

International Standard Version
With his feathers he will cover you, under his wings you will find safety. His truth is your shield and armor.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He will cover thee with His pinions, And under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.

Literal Standard Version
He covers you over with His pinion, | And under His wings you trust, | His truth [is] a shield and buckler.

Majority Standard Bible
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

New American Bible
He will shelter you with his pinions, and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

NET Bible
He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

New Revised Standard Version
he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

New Heart English Bible
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His truth is an encompassing shield.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

World English Bible
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

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.

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Context
My Refuge and Fortress
3Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. 4He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. 5You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,…

Cross References
Exodus 33:22
and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Ruth 2:12
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge."

Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalm 18:30
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Psalm 35:2
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

Psalm 36:7
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

Psalm 40:11
O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.


Treasury of Scripture

He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.

cover

Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psalm 57:1
To 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 61:4
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

his truth

Psalm 89:23,24
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him…

Psalm 138:2
I 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.

Genesis 15:1
After 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.

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Psalm 91
1. The state of the godly
3. Their safety
9. Their habitation
11. Their servants
14. Their friend; with the effects of them all.














(4) Feathers . . . wings . . .--For this beautiful figure, here elaborated, see Psalm 17:8, Note.

Verse 4. - He shall cover thee with his feathers; rather, with his pinions (see the Revised Version; comp. ver. 1; and see Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11). And under his wings shalt thou trust; rather, shalt thou take refuge. His truth - i.e. "his faithfulness, his fidelity" - shall be thy shield and buckler; i.e. "thy protection."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He will cover
יָ֣סֶךְ (yā·seḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect

you with His feathers;
בְּאֶבְרָת֨וֹ ׀ (bə·’eḇ·rā·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 84: A pinion

under
וְתַֽחַת־ (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

His wings
כְּנָפָ֣יו (kə·nā·p̄āw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

you will find refuge;
תֶּחְסֶ֑ה (teḥ·seh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2620: To flee for, protection, to confide in

His faithfulness
אֲמִתּֽוֹ׃ (’ă·mit·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

is a shield
צִנָּ֖ה (ṣin·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6793: A hook, a, shield, cold

and rampart.
וְֽסֹחֵרָ֣ה (wə·sō·ḥê·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5507: Something surrounding the person, a shield


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