Psalms 91:9

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; BECAUSE THOU HAST MADE THE LORD, (WHICH IS) MY REFUGE, (EVEN) THE MOST HIGH, THY HABITATION - rather, as the Hebrew has the order, 'Because thou, O Lord, (art) my refuge, thou hast made the Most High thy habitation' (cf. ). In the first clause the person being taught by the Psalmist responds to his exhortation, using the first person "my," as in , "I ... my." In the second clause the Psalmist resumes the character of teacher, addressing the learner with "thou ... thy." See on this change of person the introductory remarks. The close of this first part of the psalm is marked by the repetition of the same thought as at the close of the introduction ...

9_Because thou, Jehovah, art my protection. _He dwells at this length in commendation of the providence of God, as knowing how slow men naturally are to resort to God in a right manner; and how much they need to be stimulated to this duty, and to be driven from those false and worldly refuges in which they confide. There is a change of person frequently throughout this psalm: thus, in the first verse, he addresses God, and afterwards addresses himself. God he styles _his protection, _— in this manner, by his own example, recommending others to have recourse to God as their help. So, afterwards, he addresses himself, that he may be the better persuaded of the sincerity of his inward affection. The true method of testing our faith is to turn our thoughts inward upon ourselves, and, when no human eye sees us, to search our own spirits. If, not content with having to do with God only, we tur...

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 who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upon him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer out of trouble, and in the mean time be with him in trouble. The Lord will manage all his worldly concerns, and preserve his life on earth, so long as it shall be good for him. For encouragement in this he looks unto Jesus. He shall live long enough; till he has done the work he was sent into this world for, and is ready for heaven. Who would wish to live a day longer than God has some work to do, either by him or upon him? A man may die young, yet be satisfied with living. But a wicked man is not satisfied even with long life. At length t...

Verse Psalms 91:9. _BECAUSE THOU HAST MADE THE LORD_] Seeing thou hast taken Jehovah, the Most High, for thy portion and thy refuge, _no evil_ _shall come nigh thy dwelling_; thou shalt be safe in thy soul, body, household, and property, Psalms 91:10. Every pious man may expect such protection from his _God_ and _Father_....

BECAUSE THOU HAST MADE THE LORD, WHICH IS MY REFUGE - literally, “For thou, O Jehovah, (art) my refuge.” The Chaldee Paraphrase regards this as the language of Solomon, who, according to that version, is one of the speakers in the psalm: “Solomon answered and said, ‘Since thou, O Lord, art my refuge,’” etc. Tholuck regards this as the response of the choir. But this is unnecessary. The idea is, that the psalmist “himself” had made Yahweh his refuge, or his defense. The language is an expression of his own feeling - of his own experience - in having made God his refuge, and is designed here to be a ground of exhortation to others to do the same thing. He could say that he had made God his refuge; he could say that God was now his refuge; and he could appeal to this - to his own experience - when he exhorted others to do the same, and gave them assurance of safety in doing it. Even the Mos...

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, especially by the many close resemblances between it and Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 33:1. Other critics, and they are the majority, trace in it a different hand, but regard it as suggested by Psalms 90:1. The subject is the security of the man who thoroughly trusts in God. This subject is worked out by an "antiphonal arrangement" (Cheyne)—the first speaker delivering Psalms

BECAUSE THOU HAST MADE THE LORD WHICH IS MY REFUGE,.... So the words, according to Kimchi, also are directed to the good man; giving the reason of his safety, because he trusts in the Lord, and puts himself under his protection: but they should rather be rendered, and the accents require such a reading, "because thou, Lord, art my refuge" t; and so are either the words of the good man that trusts in the Lord; or rather of the psalmist himself, seeing his safety in the midst of danger, and ascribing it to the Lord; whose providence was in a peculiar manner over him, whose power protected him, and he was as an asylum or city of refuge to him; so that nothing could hurt him: EVEN THE MOST HIGH, THY HABITATION; it should be rendered, "thou hast made the most High thy habitation"; being an apostrophe of the psalmist to his own soul, observing the ground of his security; the most high God bei...

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 the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty._ It is not every worshipper that comes there who shall be thus privileged but those who dwell there, as Simeon and Anna dwelt in the temple. So there are some that abide in Christ and his words abide in them. They live near to God. They receive therefore choicer favours than those who do but come and go. «He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High.» He who has learnt to stand in the holy of holies, near the blood-besprinkled mercy-seat, to whom prayer is a matter of constant privilege and enjoyment-he dwells in the secret place. Such a man, living near to God, shall abide under the sha

Psalms 91 Christ, the Second Man __ 1. In dependence (Psalms 91:1) 2. In security (Psalms 91:3) 3. His triumph and exaltation (Psalms 91:9) This Psalm has no inscription. Its author is unknown, but we know it is the testimony of the Spirit of God concerning the second Man, our Lord. Satan knew this also for he quoted this Psalm to our Lord in Matthew 4:1, omitting the words “in all thy ways” (Psalms 91:11 and...

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 pestilence is mentioned with greater fullness (Psalms 91:6). Psalms 91:5. The ARROW may be a metaphor for the sun-stroke. Psalms 91:9. Read, For as for thee, Yahweh is thy refuge. We thus avoid an intolerable confusion of persons. Psalm