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Salmo 91 (Reina-Valera 1909)

Salmo 91 (Reina-Valera 1909), as it appears in the edition cited below.

Spanish · Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909, 1909Read twice, independently

EL que habita al abrigo del Altísimo, morará bajo la sombra del Omnipotente.

Diré yo á Jehová: Esperanza mía, y castillo mío; mi Dios, en él confiaré.

Y él te librará del lazo del cazador: de la peste destruidora.

Con sus plumas te cubrirá, y debajo de sus alas estarás seguro: escudo y adarga es su verdad.

No tendrás temor de espanto nocturno, ni de saeta que vuele de día;

Ni de pestilencia que ande en oscuridad, ni de mortandad que en medio del día destruya.

Caerán á tu lado mil, y diez mil á tu diestra: mas á ti no llegará.

Ciertamente con tus ojos mirarás, y verás la recompensa de los impíos.

Porque tú has puesto á Jehová, que es mi esperanza, al Altísimo por tu habitación,

No te sobrevendrá mal, ni plaga tocará tu morada.

Pues que á sus ángeles mandará acerca de ti, que te guarden en todos tus caminos.

En las manos te llevarán, porque tu pie no tropiece en piedra.

Sobre el león y el basilisco pisarás; hollarás al cachorro del león y al dragón.

Por cuanto en mí ha puesto su voluntad, yo también lo libraré: pondrélo en alto, por cuanto ha conocido mi nombre.

Me invocará, y yo le responderé: con él estaré yo en la angustia: lo libraré, y le glorificaré.

Saciarélo de larga vida, y mostraréle mi salud.

Casiodoro de Reina and Cipriano de Valera, 1909 revision. 1909. Published 1909, before 1929, US public domain, and distributed as public domain by ebible.org. Later Reina-Valera revisions such as RVR1960 are in copyright and are not used here. Source

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