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Psalm 91

Psa. 91:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thouh shalt not be afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
for the terror
pachad (Hebrew #6343)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Pronounce: pakh'-ad
Origin: from 6342
by night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
; nor for the arrow
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
that flieth
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
by day
yowmam (Hebrew #3119)
daily
KJV usage: daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
Pronounce: yo-mawm'
Origin: from 3117
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Psa. 121:5‑6• 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (Psa. 121:5‑6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou.
Psa. 3:6• 6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. (Psa. 3:6)
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Psa. 27:1‑3• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
 3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. (Psa. 27:1‑3)
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Psa. 46:2• 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (Psa. 46:2)
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Psa. 112:7• 7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. (Psa. 112:7)
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Job 5:19‑27• 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
 20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
 24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
 26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. (Job 5:19‑27)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 43:2• 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isa. 43:2)
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Matt. 8:26• 26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. (Matt. 8:26)
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Heb. 13:6• 6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. (Heb. 13:6)
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Psa. 3:5• 5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. (Psa. 3:5)
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2 Kings 7:6• 6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. (2 Kings 7:6)
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Job 4:13‑15• 13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
 14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
 15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: (Job 4:13‑15)
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Job 24:14‑16• 14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. (Job 24:14‑16)
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Prov. 3:23‑25• 23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
 24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
 25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. (Prov. 3:23‑25)
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Isa. 21:4• 4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (Isa. 21:4)
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Luke 12:20,39• 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
 39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. (Luke 12:20,39)
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Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. (Job 6:4)
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Lam. 3:12‑13• 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. (Lam. 3:12‑13)
• In result the one who dwells in the secret place will not be afraid of secret attack― “the terror by night,” nor of direct and open opposition―the “arrow by day.” (“Psalms 91” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day,