You are my refuge and my fortress
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He who is dwelling || In the secret place of the Most High, || Habitually lodges in the shade of the Mighty,
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He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,”
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For He delivers you from the snare of a fowler, || From a calamitous pestilence.
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He covers you over with His pinion, || And under His wings you trust, || His truth [is] a shield and buckler.
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You are not afraid of fear by night, || Of arrow that flies by day,
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Of pestilence that walks in thick darkness, || Of destruction that destroys at noon,
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One thousand fall at your side, || And a myriad at your right hand, || [But] it does not come near to you.
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But with your eyes you look, || And you see the reward of the wicked,
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(For You, O YHWH, [are] my refuge), || You made the Most High your habitation.
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Evil does not happen to you, || And a plague does not come near your tent,
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For He charges His messengers for you, || To keep you in all your ways,
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On the hands they bear you up, || Lest you strike your foot against a stone.
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You tread on lion and cobra, || You trample young lion and dragon.
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Because he has delighted in Me, || I also deliver him—I set him on high, || Because he has known My Name.
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He calls Me, and I answer him, || I [am] with him in distress, || I deliver him, and honor him.
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I satisfy him with [the] length of [his] days, || And I cause him to look on My salvation!
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