You Are My Refuge and My Fortress 1 CPDV The Praise of a Canticle, of David. Whoever dwells with the assistance of the Most High will abide in the protection of the God of heaven. BSB BSB: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 CPDV He will say to the Lord, “You are my supporter and my refuge.” My God, I will hope in him. BSB BSB: I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
3 CPDV For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word. BSB BSB: Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
4 CPDV He will overshadow you with his shoulders, and you will hope under his wings. BSB BSB: He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
5 CPDV His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night, BSB BSB: You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 CPDV before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness, nor of invasion and the midday demon. BSB BSB: nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
7 CPDV A thousand will fall before your side and ten thousand before your right hand. Yet it will not draw near you. BSB BSB: Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
8 CPDV So then, truly, you will consider with your eyes, and you will see the retribution of sinners. BSB BSB: You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
9 CPDV For you, O Lord, are my hope. You have set the Most High as your refuge. BSB BSB: Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
10 CPDV Disaster will not draw near to you, and the scourge will not approach your tabernacle. BSB BSB: no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
11 CPDV For he has given his Angels charge over you, so as to preserve you in all your ways. BSB BSB: For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
12 CPDV With their hands, they will carry you, lest you hurt your foot against a stone. BSB BSB: They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 CPDV You will walk over the asp and the king serpent, and you will trample the lion and the dragon. BSB BSB: You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
14 CPDV Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name. BSB BSB: “Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
15 CPDV He will cry out to me, and I will heed him. I am with him in tribulation. I will rescue him, and I will glorify him. BSB BSB: When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
16 CPDV I will fill him with length of days. And I will reveal to him my salvation. BSB BSB: With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
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