Psalms - Chapter 90

Passage

The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwells in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob. He shall say to the Lord: You are my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust. For he has delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word. He will overshadow you with his shoulders: and under his wings you shall trust. His truth shall compass you with a shield: you shall not be afraid of the terror of the night. Of the arrow that flies in the day, of the business that walks about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil. A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand: but it shall not come nigh you. But you shall consider with your eyes: and shall see the reward of the wicked. Because you, O Lord, are my hope: you have made the most High your refuge. There shall no evil come to you: nor shall the scourge come near your dwelling. For he has given his angels charge over you; to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up: lest dash your foot against a stone. You shall walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and you shall trample under foot the lion and the dragon. Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he has known my name. He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him. I will fill him with length of days; and I will show him my salvation.