Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- FOWLER
- The 'fowler' was a bird-trapper who used nets and snares — a vivid image of hidden danger that the Psalmist promises the faithful will escape.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BUCKLER
- Paired with 'shield' in Psalm 91:4, a buckler was a small, round shield worn on the forearm — the verse pictures God's faithfulness as full armor around the believer.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ADDER
- Psalm 91 promises the faithful will tread on the lion and the adder — the adder being a venomous serpent, a symbol of the most feared earthly peril.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DARKNESS
- The psalm names 'the terror by night' and the 'pestilence that walketh in darkness' — darkness is woven through its imagery as the very setting where divine protection proves most sure.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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A Refuge and Fortress — a free, large-print puzzle drawn from Psalm 91, where shelter, shadow, and angelic charge meet on one quiet page.
About A Refuge and Fortress
Psalm 91 is one of Scripture's most beloved songs of trust — a promise of shelter to those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High. Its images are vivid and layered: the wings of a great bird drawn over her young, a fowler's hidden snare foiled in the dark, arrows that fly by day and terrors that creep by night. Beneath all of it runs a single, unhurried confidence — that angels are given charge, that no step goes unguarded, and that the one who calls on the Lord will find a fortress that nothing can breach.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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