Psalm 91:2
 Psalm 91:2 
New International Version (©2011)
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

New Living Translation (©2007)
This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

International Standard Version (©2012)
will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge, my fortress, and my God in whom I trust!"

NET Bible (©2006)
I say this about the LORD, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust--

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
He said to Lord Jehovah, “My trust, my refuge place, God upon whom I trust!”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I will say to the LORD, "[You are] my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

American King James Version
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

American Standard Version
I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

Darby Bible Translation
I say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him.

English Revised Version
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

World English Bible
I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

Young's Literal Translation
He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 believers in the midst of danger. Wisdom shall keep them from being afraid without cause, and faith shall keep them from being unduly afraid. Whatever is done, our heavenly Father's will is done; and we have no reason to fear. God's people shall see, not only God's promises fulfilled, but his threatenings. Then let sinners come unto the Lord upon his mercy-seat, through the Redeemer's name; and encourage others to trust in him also.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 2. - I will say of the Lord. The general sentiment is followed by a personal application. "I, at any rate," says the first speaker, "will place myself under this powerful protection." He is my Refuge and my Fortress (comp. Psalm 18:2; Psalm 144:2). My God; in him will I trust (comp. Psalm 29:2; Psalm 31:6; Psalm 55:23; Psalm 56:3; Psalm 61:4, etc.).


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will say of the Lord,.... Or to the Lord (p): these are the words of the psalmist, expressing his faith in the Lord in the following words, taking encouragement from the safety of the godly man above described: the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read, he shall say to the Lord; that is, the man that dwells in the secret place, and under the shadow of the Lord: the Targum is,

"David said, I will say to the Lord,''

as follows:

he is my refuge: a refuge in every time of trouble, outward or toward; a refuge when all others fail; and is himself a never failing one, a strong refuge, which none can break through and into, and in which all that have fled thither and dwell are safe:

and my fortress; what fortifications, natural or artificial, are to a city and its inhabitants, that is God to his people, and much more; he is round about them, as the mountains were about Jerusalem; his salvation are walls and bulwarks to them; yea, he is a wall of fire about them, Psalm 125:2, they are kept by his power, as in a garrison, 1 Peter 1:5,

my God, in him will I trust; his covenant God, his God in Christ, and who would ever continue so; and was a proper object of his trust and confidence, both as the God of nature, and the God of grace; who is to be trusted in, both for temporal and spiritual blessings, and at all times; to which his lovingkindness, power, and faithfulness, greatly encourage and engage: the Targum is,

"in his Word will I trust.''

(p) Domino, Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Musculus; "ad Jehovam", de Dieu.


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My Refuge and My Fortress
1He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. …

Psalm 14:6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 25:2 I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
Psalm 31:3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
Psalm 56:4 In God, whose word I praise-- in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
Psalm 91:9 If you say, "The LORD is my refuge," and you make the Most High your dwelling,
Psalm 94:22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
Psalm 142:5 I cry to you, LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Psalm 144:2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Jeremiah 16:19 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.