Lyrics
I shall not fear the arrow by day
Nor shall I fear the terror by night
The God who governs angel armies
Has set encampments around me
Whom shall I fear?
I shall not fear the arrow by day
Nor shall I fear the terror by night
The God who governs angel armies
Has set encampments around me
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
The God who governs angel armies
Has set encampments around me
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
Oh-oh-oh
The God who governs angel armies
The God who governs, oh-oh-oh
Has set encampments around me
Encampments around me
Whom shall I fear?
I'm not afraid
All is well
All is well
I'm not afraid
All is well
All is well
I'm not afraid
Oh, I'm not afraid
All is well
Because I know that all is well
All is well
All is well, I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
For I cried to the Lord and He heard me
All is well
And delivered me from all of my fear
All is well
All is well, singing it louder for you
I'm not afraid
Yeah, though I walk
Through the valley of the shadow of death
All is well
I will fear no evil, for all is well
All is well
So I can shout about it now, all is well
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid, oh-oh-oh
All is well
All is well
All is well
All is well
The God who governs angel armies
Has set encampments around me
Whom shall I fear?
Oh-oh-oh
Brittany Stewart
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Meaning & Inspiration
Jehovah Sabaoth declares confidence in God amid threats associated with both day and night. Its opening words closely echo Psalm 91, naming the arrow and the terror before answering fear with the protection of the God who commands angel armies. The repeated question, “Whom shall I fear?” shifts attention away from danger and toward the authority of the Lord whose encampment surrounds his people.
As the song continues, repetition turns that confession into sustained assurance: fear gives way to the statement that all is well. Several direct biblical echoes reinforce the message. The claim that the Lord heard and delivered the singer from fear recalls Psalm 34, while the valley of the shadow of death and the refusal to fear evil come from Psalm 23. These passages do not deny the presence of danger; they locate courage in the nearness and protection of God. The lyric therefore presents peace as trust in divine presence rather than the absence of hardship.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 91:5 The lyric echoes the psalm’s assurance against terror by night and the arrow by day.
- Psalm 34:4-7 The psalm describes deliverance from fear and the angel of the Lord encamping around those who fear him.
- Psalm 23:4 The lyric quotes the confession of fearing no evil in the valley of death.