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Psalm 91:7

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

5You 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 wastes at noonday.
7A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
8You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
9Because you have made the LORD your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
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Notice

Thousands may fall within arm’s reach, and the promise of protection can bring both comfort and hard questions about suffering among those who trust God.

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What happens to your trust as the numbers rise from a thousand to ten thousand?

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Exodus 12:12–13For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will execute judgments …Both passages describe widespread death within a setting of judgment, though Exodus names Egypt and its gods.
Genesis 7:23Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed …Both describe preservation amid widespread death; Genesis names Noah and those with him in the ship as the survivors.
Psalm 32:6For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.Both speak of overwhelming danger that does not reach the person who turns to God.
Numbers 14:37–38even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.Both describe people dying, with pestilence in the psalm’s surrounding lines and a plague before the LORD in Numbers.
Joshua 14:10“Now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the …Both speak of life preserved through danger, with Joshua recording Caleb’s testimony that the LORD kept him alive.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 91:5–9 and name the source of refuge

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Encouragement

The promise of protection is strong, even amid mass death. It does not make another person’s suffering a measure of faith. YHWH is the refuge named here.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).