He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord,
Psalm 91:1–3He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Words: From The Psalter, edited by B. B. Robertson & J. Gaily (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ferguson & Woodburn, 1872), number 150.
Music: St. Agnes John B. Dykes, in Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by John Grey, 1866 (🔊 pdf nwc).
The man that doth in secret place
Of God Most High reside,
Beneath the shade of Him that is
Th’Almighty shall abide.
[Alternate first stanza:
The man who in the secret place
Of God Most High resides,
Beneath the shade of Him that is
Th’Almighty Lord, abides.]
I of the Lord, my God, will say,
He is my refuge still;
He is my fortress, and my God;
And trust in Him I will.
Assuredly He shall thee save,
And give deliverance
From cunning fowler’s snare, and from
The deadly pestilence.
His feathers shall thee hide; thy trust
Beneath His wings shall be;
His faithfulness shall be a shield
And buckler unto thee.
Thou shalt not need to be afraid
For terrors of the night,
Nor for the arrow that doth fly
By day, while it is light;
Nor for the pestilence, that walks
In darkness secretly;
Nor for destruction, that doth waste
At noon-day openly.