Psalm 91 Paraphrase
Here’s a
beautiful paraphrase of Psalm 91 from Leslie Brandt.
Psalm 91
The one whose
faith is focused on God,
who finds his security in Him,
does not have to live in fear.
He is not left
untouched
by the tempests of this life,
and he may be wounded
by the onslaughts of evil,
But his great
God does not leave him
to suffer these things alone.
The Lord cares
for His own and delivers him
even in the midst of the conflicts
that plague him.
If God is truly
your God,
you do not have to be afraid
of the enemy that threatens
or the affliction that lays you low.
Men all about
you may fall,
never to rise again,
but the Lord is by your side
to raise you to your feet
and to lead you to ultimate victory.
Even the
ministering spirits of His invisible world
are watching over you.
They will not
allow anything to hurt you
except by God’s loving permission
and through His eternal concern.
Our loving God
has promised it:
“Because My
child loves Me,
I will never let him go.
I shall feel
the pain of his wounds
and bear his hurt
and shall transform that which is ugly
into that which enriches and blesses.
And when he
cries out in agony,
I shall hear and answer him.
I will be close
to him and will deliver him,
and I will grant him eternal life.”
