You Are My Refuge and My Fortress 1 DRA The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob. BSB BSB: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 DRA He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust. BSB BSB: I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
3 DRA For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word. BSB BSB: Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
4 DRA He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust. BSB BSB: He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
5 DRA His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night. BSB BSB: You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 DRA Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil. BSB BSB: nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
7 DRA A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. BSB BSB: Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
8 DRA But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked. BSB BSB: You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
9 DRA Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge. BSB BSB: Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
10 DRA There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling. BSB BSB: no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
11 DRA For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways. BSB BSB: For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
12 DRA In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy 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 DRA Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon. BSB BSB: You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
14 DRA Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name. BSB BSB: “Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
15 DRA 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. 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 DRA I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation. BSB BSB: With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
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