George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 91:14
Courts. In the Church triumphant, as well as in the militant. (Worthington) --- The piety of the faithful induces strangers to embrace the truth. (Berthier)
Courts. In the Church triumphant, as well as in the militant. (Worthington) --- The piety of the faithful induces strangers to embrace the truth. (Berthier)
Verse Psalms 91:14. _BECAUSE HE HATH SET HIS LOVE UPON ME_] Here the _Most_ _High_ is introduced as confirming the word of his servant. He has fixed his _love _- his heart and soul, on me. _THEREFORE...
BECAUSE HE HATH SET HIS LOVE UPON ME - Has become attached to me; has united himself with me; is my friend. The Hebrew word expresses the strongest attachment, and is equivalent to our expression - “t...
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...
HATH SET HIS LOVE. Hebrew. _hashak._ Indicates the deepest affection. Compare Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 10:15; Isaiah 38:17. Only here in the Psalms. MY NAME. See note on...
Renewed assurances of Divine protection, ratified by a Divine promise....
_he hath set his love upon me_ Love responds to love. The word means _to cling to with love_, and is used of God's love for Israel in Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 10:15. _set him on high_ In safety fr...
God Himself speaks, solemnly confirming the Psalmist's faith....
DISCOURSE: 656 THE CHARACTER AND PRIVILEGES OF THE GODLY Psalms 91:14. _Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He s...
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...
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. BECAUSE HE HATH SET HIS LOVE UPON ME - or 'cleaves to me with longing affe...
91:14 high, (e-19) See Psalms 20:1 ; Psalms 69:29 ....
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" ...
SET HIS LOVE UPON ME. — Or, _clung to me _...
(14-16) Another abrupt change of person. The conclusion of the psalm comes as a Divine confirmation of the psalmist’s expression of confidence. (Comp. Psalms 50:15; Psalms 50:23, with these verses.)...
כִּ֤י בִ֣י חָ֭שַׁק וַ אֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ אֲ֝שַׂגְּבֵ֗הוּ...
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...
(i) Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. (i) To assure the faithful of God's protection, he brings in God to conf...
This is a beautiful repetition of what had been said before. Jesus had engaged his whole heart and soul in the service of Jehovah, for his Father's glory and the everlasting welfare of his church and...
14._Because he hath trusted in me, I will deliver him. _It may prevent any feeling of disgust or weariness under the repetition and enlargement of the Psalmist upon his present subject, to remember, t...
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...
BECAUSE HE HATH SET HIS LOVE UPON ME,.... These are the words of God himself; and, according to Aben Ezra, are directed to the angels, describing the good man, and making promises to him; and in this...
_Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name._ Ver. 14. _Because he hath set his love upon me, &c._] Because he cleaveth...
_Because he hath set his love upon me_ In the former part of the Psalm the prophet had spoken in his own person; but here God himself is introduced as the speaker, confirming the preceding promises, a...
Because he hath set his love upon Me, clinging to the Lord with the assurance of complete trust, THEREFORE WILL I DELIVER HIM, from all afflictions and from the attacks of Satan and his host; I WILL S...
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...
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...
This and the two following verses are the words of God, whom the psalmist here, as oft elsewhere, introduceth as giving an account of the reasons of God's singular care of all believing or pious perso...
Psalms 91:14 love H2836 (H8804) deliver H6403 (H8762) high H7682 (H8762) known H3045 (H8804) name...
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....
_Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him._ THE CHARACTER WHICH GOD APPROVES I. The character which God approves. It is founded in the knowledge of Himself; it is establish...
_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...
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 91:14 The psalm closes by laying out what trust in God looks like (HOLDS FAST TO ME IN LOVE, KNOWS MY NAME, and CALLS TO God) and by repeating God’s pledge to
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...
1 Chronicles 29:3; Galatians 4:9; Isaiah 33:16; James 1:12; James 2:5;
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...
Because — This and the two following verses are the words of God....