Psalm 91

New King James Version

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

91 He ^(A)who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide ^(B)under the shadow of the Almighty.
²^(C)I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”

³Surely ^(D)He shall deliver you from the snare of the ^[a]fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
⁴^(E)He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and ^[b]buckler.
⁵^(F)You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
⁶Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
⁸Only ^(G)with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the Lord, who is ^(H)my refuge,
Even the Most High, ^(I)your dwelling place,
¹⁰^(J)No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
¹¹^(K)For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
¹²In their hands they shall ^[c]bear you up,
^(L)Lest you ^[d]dash your foot against a stone.
¹³You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

¹⁴“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will ^[e]set him on high, because he has ^(M)known My name.
¹⁵He shall ^(N)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be ^(O)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶With ^[f]long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

Footnotes

Psalm 91:3 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
Psalm 91:4 A small shield
Psalm 91:12 lift
Psalm 91:12 strike
Psalm 91:14 exalt him
Psalm 91:16 Lit. length of days

Matthew 6:25-34

New King James Version

Do Not Worry^(A)

²⁵“Therefore I say to you, ^(B)do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶^(C)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷Which of you by worrying can add one ^[a]cubit to his ^[b]stature?

²⁸“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not ^[c]arrayed like one of these. ³⁰Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

³¹“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³²For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³But ^(D)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.