• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    491·
    11 months ago

    Psalm 91 for reference:

    1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ 3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. 9 If you say, ‘The Lord is my refuge,’ and you make the Most High your dwelling, 10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 14 ‘Because he loves me,’ says the Lord, ‘I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.’

    I’m just wondering if you also have to say the numbers

    • don@lemm.ee
      29·
      11 months ago

      As someone who grew up in an evangelical household, no, you do not say the numbers unless you’re directing someone to those passages. If you’re reading the scripture to a group, you might use a verse number to keep everyone on the same verse, but ordinarily you don’t say the verse numbers.

    • IninewCrowEnglish
      101·
      11 months ago

      Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of WHAT THE FUCK!!!

    • dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      11 months ago

      Yes, and it needs to be as if you were a star trek captain addressing your crew. “Number One, he that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”