Max Horkheimer
Psalm 91^1
1] “You who sit under the shelter of the Most
High and remain under the shadow of the
Almighty,
2] who say to the Lord: My confidence and my
fortress, my God in whom I hope.
3] Because he saves you from the trap of the
hunter and from the deadly pestilence.
4] He will cover you with his wings, and your
confidence will be under his wings. His truth
is a shelter and a shield
5] so that you do not have to be frightened by
the horror of the night, of the arrows that
fly in the day,
6] of the pestilence that prowls in the darkness,
of the epidemic which stalks at noon.
7] If a thousand fall to your side and ten thou-
sand to your right, this nevertheless will not
befall you.
8] To your delight, you will look at and see
with your eyes how the godless will be
repaid.
9] Because the Lord is your certainty; the high-
est One is your refuge.
10] No evil will befall you and no trouble will
come near your tent.(^1) Max Horkheimer 1985. Psalm 91 in Max Horkheimer, Gesammelte Schriften, Band
7: Vorträge und Aufzeichnungen 1949–1973, [Tr. Michael R. Ott], Frankfurt am Main:
Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 207–212.