Psalms 91:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Psalms 91:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 91:27 words

HebrewMeaning

אֹמַ֗רʾōmar

I will sayverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לַֽ֭/יהוָהlayhwāh

of YahwehpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

מַחְסִ֣/יmaḥəsiy

refuge mynounH4268

refuge · shelter · trust

וּ/מְצוּדָתִ֑/יwməṣwdātiy

and stronghold myconjH4686

defense · fort · hold · be hunted ···

אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/יʾĕlōhay

God mynounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אֶבְטַחʾebəṭaḥ

whom I trustverbH982

secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···

בּֽ/וֹbwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 91:2

1. This Psalm is that from which the Devil dared to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ: let us therefore attend to it, that thus armed, we may be enabled to resist the tempter, not presuming in ourselves, but in Him who before us was tempted, that we might not be overcome when tempted. Temptation to Him was not necessary: the temptation of Christ is our learning, but if we listen to His answers to the devil, in order that, when ourselves are tempted, we may answer in like manner, we…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 91 (excerpt)

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