By Pastor Joseph Parker
Ebenezer AME Church, Benton, Mississippi and Union AME. Church, Lexington, Mississippi
Praying Psalm 91 – A Prayer for Protection
Today, I dwell in the secret place of the most High,
and so I abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Today I say of the LORD,
You are my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in You I trust.
Surely you deliver me from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
You cover me with Your feathers, and under Your wings I trust:
Your truth is my shield and buckler.
And so, I am not afraid of the terror by night;
nor for the arrow that flies by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness;
nor for the destruction that lies waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at my side, and ten thousand at my right hand;
but it shall not come near me.
Only with my eyes do I look and see the reward of the wicked.
Because I have made the Lord my refuge, even the Most High, my habitation;
No evil befalls me, nor does any plague come nigh my dwelling.
For He gives his angels charge over me, to keep me in all my ways.
They bear me up in their hands, lest I dash my foot against a stone.
I tread upon the lion and the cobra:
the young lion and the serpent I trample underfoot.
Because I have set my love upon Him, therefore He delivers me:
He sets me on high, because I have known His name.
I call upon Him, and He answers me:
He is with me in trouble;
He delivers me and honors me.
With long life, He satisfies me,
and shows me His salvation.
In Jesus’s Name, Amen.
Believers would be wise to pray this prayer for themselves and for their families every single day. Why is this true? Well, the answer is simple. No one or nothing can protect you as God can. He is God Almighty.
