1 Hy wat in die skuilplek van die Allerhoogste sit, sal vernag in die skaduwee van die Almagtige.

2 Ek sal tot die HERE sê: My toevlug en my bergvesting, my God op wie ek vertrou.

3 Want Hy is dit wat jou sal red uit die net van die voëlvanger, van die verderflike pes.

4 Hy sal jou dek met sy vlerke, en onder sy vleuels sal jy skuil; sy trou is 'n skild en pantser.

5 Jy hoef nie te vrees vir die skrik van die nag, vir die pyl wat bedags vlieg nie,

6 vir die pes wat in die donker wandel, vir die siekte wat op die middag verwoes nie!

7 Al val daar duisend aan jou sy en tien duisend aan jou regterhand -- na jou sal dit nie aankom nie.

8 Net met jou oë sal jy dit aanskou en die vergelding van die goddelose sien.

9 Want U, HERE, is my toevlug. Die Allerhoogste het jy jou beskutting gemaak.

10 Geen onheil sal jou tref en geen plaag naby jou tent kom nie;

11 want Hy sal sy engele aangaande jou bevel gee om jou te bewaar op al jou weë.

12 Hulle sal jou op die hande dra, sodat jy jou voet teen geen klip stamp nie.

13 Op die leeu en die adder sal jy trap, die jong leeu en die slang vertrap.

14 Omdat hy My liefhet, sê God, daarom sal Ek hom red; Ek sal hom beskerm, omdat hy my Naam ken.

15 Hy sal My aanroep, en Ek sal hom verhoor; in die nood sal Ek by hom wees; Ek sal hom uitred en eer aan hom gee.

16 Met lengte van dae sal Ek hom versadig, en Ek sal hom my heil laat sien.

1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.

4 You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

6 Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.

7 You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

8 Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.

9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.

11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

12 In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

13 You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.

14 Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

15 When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

16 With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.