Psalms 91

¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

He - He that makes God his habitation and refuge.

³Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Pestilence - From the pestilence, which like a fowler’s snare takes men suddenly and unexpectedly.

⁵Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

By night - When evil accidents are most terrible and least avoidable. Arrow - The pestilence, or any such destructive calamity; such are frequently called God’s arrows. By day - Thou shalt be kept from secret and open mischiefs.

⁶Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Darkness - Invisibly, so that we can neither foresee nor prevent it.

¹²They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Bear thee - Sustain or uphold thee in thy goings, as we do a child.

¹³Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

The lion - Shall lie prostrate at thy feet, and thou shalt securely put thy feet upon his neck. Dragon - By which he understands all pernicious creatures, though never so strong, and all sorts of enemies.

¹⁴Because 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 - This and the two following verses are the words of God.