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Psalms 91:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;


Psalms 91:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 91:57 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִ֭ירָאtiyrāʾ
you will be afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
מִ/פַּ֣חַדmipaḥad
from the dread ofpronH6343
fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror
לָ֑יְלָהlāyəlāh
nightnounH3915
מֵ֝/חֵ֗ץmēḥēṣ
from an arrowpronH2671
archer · dart · shaft · staff ···
יָע֥וּףyāʿwp
which it will flyverbH5774
be faint · flee away · fly · set ···
יוֹמָֽםywōmām
by dayadvH3119
(by · in the) day
Words 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 91:5

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)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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