Psalms 91 · Verse 3

Psalms 91:3

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Psalms 91:3, King James Version

Psalms 91:3 in other translations

BSBSurely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
WEBFor he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
ASVFor he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
YLTFor He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.
DARBYSurely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the destructive pestilence.
BBEHe will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
WebsterSurely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

What does Psalms 91:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. snares ... [and] ... noisome pestilence--literally, "plagues of mischiefs" (Psa 5:9; 52:7), are expressive figures for various evils.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Surely he shall deliver thee - If thou wilt act thus, then the God in whom thou trustest will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, from all the devices of Satan, and from all dangerous maladies. As the original word, דבר dabar, signifies a word spoken, and deber, the same letters, signifies pestilence; so some translate one way, and some another: he shall deliver thee from the evil and slanderous word; he shall deliver thee from the noisome pestilence - all blasting and injurious winds, effluvia, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 91:1-8

He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so. The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. Great security is promised to…

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Psalms 91:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
יַ֭צִּֽילְךָYa.tzi.le.khahe will deliver youH5337
מִפַּ֥חmi.Pachfrom [the] snare ofH6341
יָק֗וּשׁya.Kusha fowlerH3353
מִדֶּ֥בֶרmi.De.verfrom a plague ofH1698
הַוּֽוֹת\׃ha.Votdestruction<s>H1942

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 91:3

  • Psalms 124:7

    Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

  • Psalms 141:9

    Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • Job 5:10-22

    Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. …

  • Proverbs 7:23

    Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Proverbs 6:5

    Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  • 2 Timothy 2:26

    And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  • Numbers 16:46-48

    And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

  • Psalms 91:6

    Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

  • 2 Samuel 24:15

    So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Hosea 9:8

    The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
snare.
124:7; 141:9; Pr 7:23; Ec 9:12; Ho 9:8; Am 3:5; 1Ti 6:9; 2Ti 2:26
and from.
6; Nu 14:37,38; 16:46-48; 2Sa 24:15; Job 5:10-22

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Context

  • Psalms 91:2

    I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  • Psalms 91:3

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

  • Psalms 91:4

    He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

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Psalms 91:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él te librará del lazo del cazador: de la peste destruidora.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car il te délivrera du piège de l’oiseleur, de la peste calamiteuse.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn er wird dich erretten von der Schlinge des Vogelstellers, von der verderblichen Pest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ad annuntiandum mane misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam per noctem,