Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;
Ver. 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night] Thou shalt be freed, if not from the common destruction, yet from the common distraction.
Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day] Sudden ill occurrences quae nec praevident nec praecavent fideles, the arrows of death shall come whisking by thine ears, and not hit. (Hor. lib 2, Obadiah 1:13 .)
Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini saris
Cautum est in horas - Improvisa lethi
Vis rapuit, rapietque gentes.
True faith is a target, and sayeth a man if not from the smart, yet from the hurt of evil accidents.