Psalms 91:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תִ֭ירָא מִפַּ֣חַד לָ֑יְלָה מֵ֝חֵ֗ץ יָע֥וּף יוֹמָֽם׃

Transliteration

Not tîrāʾ from paḥad lāylâ, from ḥēṣ yāʿûp yômām.

Grammar Details

• *tîrāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will fear
• *paḥad*: masculine singular construct - terror/dread
• *lāylâ*: masculine singular noun - night
• *ḥēṣ*: masculine singular noun - arrow
• *yāʿûp*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it flies
• *yômām*: adverb - by day/daytime

Word Meanings

• *tîrāʾ*: you will fear/you will be afraid
• *paḥad lāylâ*: terror of night/dread at night/nighttime fear
• *ḥēṣ*: arrow/missile
• *yāʿûp*: flies/shoots/moves swiftly
• *yômām*: by day/during daylight hours

Referenced Verses

• Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Job 5:19-27 : 19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
• Heb 13:6 : 6 So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; {G2532} I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
• Ps 3:5-6 : 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about.
• Ps 46:2 : 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
• Prov 3:23-25 : 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
• Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Ps 112:7 : 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
• Ps 27:1-3 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.
• Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
• Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
• Luke 12:39 : 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.
• Lam 3:12-13 : 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
• Matt 8:26 : 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
• Job 24:14-16 : 14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
• Song 3:8 : 8 They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.
• 2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
• Job 4:13-15 : 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
• Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.