George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 91:6
Deep. We cannot easily explain thy ways, (Menochius) in exalting some, and depressing thy people. (Calmet) (Romans xi. 33.)
Deep. We cannot easily explain thy ways, (Menochius) in exalting some, and depressing thy people. (Calmet) (Romans xi. 33.)
Verse Psalms 91:6. NOR _FOR THE PESTILENCE_ THAT _WALKETH IN DARKNESS_; NOR _FOR THE DESTRUCTION_ THAT _WASTETH AT NOONDAY._] The rabbins supposed that the empire of death was under two demons, one o...
NOR FOR THE PESTILENCE - The plague or pestilence was common in Oriental countries. THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS - Not that it particularly comes in the night, but that it seems to creep along as if in 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...
The providential care of God described in detail. The Psalmist, if the interpretation advocated above is correct, now addresses Israel; or, it may be, any godly Israelite....
Plague and Pestilence are personified as destroying angels. Cp. Isaiah 37:36....
THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID— The younger ones were to rest secure in the divine promise for protection. Amid the daily spectacles of mortality to which they were soon to be accustomed, it is added, Psalm...
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...
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. NOR FOR THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS. The pestilence both to the imagination appears, an...
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...
DESTRUCTION] plague. Pestilence and Plague are here personified: see 2 Samuel 24:16; Isaiah 37:36....
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" ...
DARKNESS... NOONDAY. — Night and noon are, in Oriental climates, the most unwholesome, the former from exhalations, the latter from the fierce heat. DESTRUCTION. — From a root meaning “to cut off;” h...
מִ֭ דֶּבֶר בָּ † אֹ֣פֶל יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ מִ֝...
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...
These are all so many examples in which distinguishing grace shall manifest covenant-promises. But what I would very particularly request the Reader to remark with me, as eminently fulfilled in the pe...
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...
NOR FOR THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS,.... Some think, and not without cause, that what is figuratively expressed in the preceding verse is here explained; and, indeed, the "pestilence" may...
__ Psalms 91:6 _[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday._ Ver. 6. _Nor for the pestilence_] Called before terror, and arrow, as some...
_Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night_ When evil accidents are most terrible and least avoidable; _nor for the arrow_ Any common and destructive calamity; (for such are commonly called God...
nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction threatened by the various temptations assailing the believers, NOR FOR THE DESTRUCTION, the severe plague, THAT WASTETH AT NOONDAY, chi...
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...
1-8 He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that oth...
This verse explains the former, and showeth what that terror and arrow signifies. THAT WALKETH; that spreadeth, or maketh progress. IN DARKNESS; either invisibly, so as we can neither foresee nor prev...
Psalms 91:6 pestilence H1698 walks H1980 (H8799) darkness H652 destruction H6986 waste H7736 (H8799) noonday H6672...
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...
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 91:3 These verses list the benefits that come to those who trust in the Lord. The SNARE OF THE FOWLER (v. Psalms 91:3) seems to be a metaphor for th
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 Corinthians 10:3; 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Samuel 24:15; Exodus 12:29;...
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...
Darkness — Invisibly, so that we can neither foresee nor prevent it....