George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 91:10
Enemies. The Babylonians, (Calmet) or all the wicked at the last day. (Berthier) --- This shews God's power, and insures the exaltation of the just. (Menochius)
Enemies. The Babylonians, (Calmet) or all the wicked at the last day. (Berthier) --- This shews God's power, and insures the exaltation of the just. (Menochius)
THERE SHALL NO EVIL BEFALL THEE - The Chaldee Paraphrase has, “The Lord of the world answered and said, ‘There shall no evil befall thee,’” etc. The sentiment, however, is that the psalmist could assu...
Psalms 91 Christ, the Second Man __ 1. In dependence (Psalms 91:1) 2. In security (Psalms 91:3) 3. His triumph and exaltation ...
XCI. GOD PROTECTS HIS OWN. Psalms 91:1 f. Read perhaps Blessed is he that dwelleth, that abideth, that saith of Yahweh. Psalms 91:3. noisome pestilence: read, from the pit of destruction. The pestile...
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. DWELLING. tent. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Aramaean, read "tents" (plural) See notes on p. 809....
Renewed assurances of Divine protection, ratified by a Divine promise....
_befall thee_ Lit., _be let befall thee_. Cp. Proverbs 12:21. _thy dwelling_ Lit., _thy tent_, a survival of the language of nomad life....
DISCOURSE: 655 THE SECURITY OF THOSE WHO DWELL IN GOD Psalms 91:9. _Because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee._ IT is sca...
PSALMS 91 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Personal Application of the Foregoing Psalm. ANALYSIS Prelude, Commending the Initial Sentiment of Moses-' Prayer. Stanza I., Psalms 91:2-8, Exhortation to Make this S...
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. THERE SHALL NO EVIL BEFALL THEE, NEITHER SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NIGH THY DWELLING - as was the case with Israel whe...
This Ps. describes the safety of those who trust in God, and may have a special reference to the nation of Israel at a time when other nations were involved in calamity. The dangers that threatened Ba...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MY SAFE PLACE! PSALMS 91 Jesus said, "Jerusalem, I often wanted to get your children together as a mother bird gets her babies under her wings" ...
DWELLING. — Literally, _tent:_ an instance in which the patriarchal life became stereotyped, so to speak, in the language. (See Note, Psalms 104:3.) Even we speak of “pitching our tent.”...
לֹֽא ־תְאֻנֶּ֣ה אֵלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה וְ֝ נֶ֗גַע לֹ
Psalms 91:1 THE solemn sadness of Psalms 90:1 is set in strong relief by the sunny brightness of this song of happy, perfect trust in the Divine protection. The juxtaposition is, however, probably due...
SECURITY IN TRUSTING THE LORD Psalms 91:1 In harmony with the new light cast upon it by the Revised Version, this psalm has been divided as follows: Psalms 91:1, a soliloquy in which the believer sta...
This psalm is one of the greatest possessions of the saints. It is a great song of the safety of such as put their trust in Jehovah, and contains the Divine assurance of such faith as fruitful. Very l...
Here is the ground of the believer's confidence. Jesus, as the sinner's Surety, made God his hope, and rested his salvation upon him and his covenant-engagements....
We have now (Psalms 91) another most important principle introduced; Messiah's taking His place with Israel, the place of trust in Jehovah, so as to afford the channel for the full blessing of the peo...
THERE SHALL NO EVIL BEFALL THEE,.... The evil of sin cleaves to the best of saints, the evil of temptations besets them, and the evil of afflictions comes upon them, as chastisements from the Lord; fo...
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Ver. 10. _There shall no evil befall the_] No devoratory evil, as Tertullian expresseth it; nothing that tendeth _ad...
_Because thou hast made the Most High thy habitation_ Which is the only ground and reason of that safety here mentioned; _there shall no evil befall thee_ Namely, so as to destroy or really hurt thee....
THE SAFETY OF THE BELIEVERS IN EVERY EMERGENCY. The author of this psalm is not mentioned in the Bible, but the contents and the spirit of the hymn suggest the name of David, the pestilence referred...
there shall no evil befall thee, coming upon the believer with sudden destruction, NEITHER SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NIGH THY DWELLING, no stroke of misfortune and enmity which can bring us real harm, dim...
9-16 Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befal, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, though for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those...
To wit, so as to destroy thee, as the next verse limits and expounds it. For surely this promise is not made to all that dwell nigh to his children and servants, who may possibly be wicked men, and so...
Psalms 91:10 evil H7451 befall H579 (H8792) plague H5061 near H7126 (H8799) dwelling H168 There -...
Psalms 91:1. _He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty._ It is not every man who dwells there; no, not even every Christian man. There are so...
A Psalm written for comfort, but it is not addressed to all mankind, neither I venture to say, to all believers, but only those who are described in the first verse. Psalms 91:1. _He that dwelleth in...
CONTENTS: The preservation of those whose confidence is in God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those who live a life of communion with God are constantly safe under His protecting win...
This psalm is sent down to us as an ode of praise by David, written when the pestilence was stayed. The Targum considers it as a dialogue between David and Solomon, giving the Almighty the final word....
_He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty._ A SONG OF FAITH I. The solitary voice of faith. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most...
_Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling._ IMMUNITY FROM DISEASE That wealthy promise has not become exhausted by the lapse of time. Rather has the promise acquired a new and deeper significa...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 91:1. This tender psalm describes the confidence that the believer may have through all types of dangers and challenges. ⇐
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 91:10 The mention of a PLAGUE recalls the plagues that fell on Egypt (see Genesis 12:17;...
INTRODUCTION There is no title prefixed to this Psalm. We know not who is the author of it. The conjecture, which has been made by some, that it was written by Moses, is very inadequately sustained. N...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm, like the majority in the present Book, is without a title. Jewish tradition, however, ascribed it to Moses—a conclusion which Dr. Kay and others accept as borne out by the facts...
So let's turn to Psalms 91:1-16 that we might begin our Bible study this evening. Psalms 91:1-16 brings up the question of just where are you living? There is a place that you might live that is sure...
Deuteronomy 7:15; Job 5:24; Proverbs 12:21; Psalms 121:7; Romans 8:25
THE PSALM OF SECURITY Psalms 91:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It seems to us that the last 4 verses of the 90th Psalm are a fitting introduction or prelude to the glorious security of the believer in the 91s...