He That Doth in the Secret Place

He that doth in the sec­ret place

Of the most High re­side

Under the shade of Him that is

Th’Almighty shall ab­ide.

I of the Lord my God will say

He is my re­fuge still

He is my fort­ress

and my God

And in Him trust I will.

Assuredly He shall thee save

And give de­liv­er­ance

From sub­tle fowl­er’s snare

and from

The nois­ome pes­ti­lence.

His fea­thers shall thee hide; thy trust

Under His wings shall be:

His faith­ful­ness shall be a shield

And buck­ler un­to thee.

Thou shalt not need to be afraid

For ter­rors of the night;

Nor for the ar­row that doth fly

By day

while it is light;

Nor for the pes­ti­lence

that walks

In dark­ness sec­ret­ly;

Nor for de­struct­ion

that doth waste

At noon-day op­enly.

A thou­sand at thy side shall fall

On thy right hand shall lie

Ten thou­sand dead; yet un­to thee

It shall not once come nigh.

Only thou with thine eyes shalt look

And a be­hold­er be;

And thou there­in the just re­ward

Of wick­ed men shalt see.

Because the Lord

who con­stant­ly

My re­fuge is alone

Ev’n the most High

is made by thee

Thy strong­hold and thy home.

No plague shall near thy dwell­ing come;

No ill shall thee be­fall:

For thee to keep in all thy ways

His an­gels charge He shall.

They in their hands shall bear thee up

Still wait­ing thee up­on;

Lest thou at any time should’st dash

Thy foot against a stone.

Upon the ad­der thou shalt tread

And on the li­on strong;

Thy feet on dra­gons tram­ple shall

And on the li­ons’ young.

“Because on Me he set His love

I’ll save and set him free;

Because My great name he hath known

I will him set on high.

“He’ll call on Me

I’ll an­swer him;

I will be with him still

In trou­ble

to de­li­ver him

And hon­or him I will.

With length of days un­to his mind

I will him sa­tis­fy;

And I My great sal­va­tion will

Then cause his eyes to see.