⁵ Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

² When thou passest into waters, I `am' with thee, And into floods, they do not overflow thee, When thou goest into fire, thou art not burnt, And a flame doth not burn against thee.

¹⁹ In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

²⁰ In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

²¹ When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

²² At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

²³ (For with sons of the field `is' thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

²⁴ And thou hast known that thy tent `is' peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

²⁵ And hast known that numerous `is' Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

²⁶ Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

²⁷ Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it `is' right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!

⁶ so that we do boldly say, `The Lord `is' to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

¹ The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

²³ Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

²⁴ If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

²⁵ Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

² Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

⁵ I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

⁶ I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

⁷ Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.

¹ By David. Jehovah `is' my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah `is' the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

² When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

³ Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I `am' confident.

²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

⁴ Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,

³⁹ `And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

²⁶ And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

¹² He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.

¹³ He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.

⁸ All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.

¹⁴ At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

¹⁵ And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

¹⁶ He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

¹³ In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

¹⁴ Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

¹⁵ And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

⁶ seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse -- a noise of great force, and they say one unto another, `Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.'

⁴ For arrows of the Mighty `are' with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves `for' me!