Psalms 91:1
SECRET PLACE] covert. SHADOW] the shelter which a mother-bird gives her brood, as in Psalms 91:4 : see Psalms 17:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SECRET PLACE] covert. SHADOW] the shelter which a mother-bird gives her brood, as in Psalms 91:4 : see Psalms 17:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Babylon towards the end of the exile have been suggested as a probable occasion for it. The Psalmist s... [ Continue Reading ]
_And_ .. PESTILENCE] LXX 'from the destroying word,' the snare being explained as malicious speech: see Psalms 38:12. 'Pestilence' comes later, in Psalms 91:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TERROR, etc.] assaults by night, as compared with attacks by day.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTRUCTION] plague. Pestilence and Plague are here personified: see 2 Samuel 24:16; Isaiah 37:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE.. REFUGE] RV 'For thou, O Lord, art my refuge!' _Even_ .. HABITATION] RV 'Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation.' 11, 12. These vv. are quoted in the accounts of our Lord's temptation (Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAGON] RV ' serpent.'... [ Continue Reading ]