Psalms 91

Psalms 91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret places of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

He, that puts himself under the protection of the Almighty, shall be sure to be safely preserved under the shadow of his wings.

Psalms 91:3

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noisom pestilence.

He shall deliver thee from those secret dangers, which the craft of devils or men has devised to entangle thee in; and from the fearful and noisom contagion of the pestilence.

Psalms 91:5

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

Thou shalt be freed from the fear of either secret or open evils; whether by day, or by night; inward, or outward; from all the violent machinations of enemies; and from the immediate judgments of God, that strike swiftly and insensibly:

Psalms 91:6

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

Thou shalt not be afraid of that plague of pestilence, that infecteth secretly, and spreadeth insensibly, and yet destroyeth openly; and, where it rageth, leaves the footsteps of death to be lamentably viewed at midday.

Psalms 91:7

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

In a common mortality, God shall make a difference betwixt his own and others: for his own, save where and when he sees it best for them to suffer and hath decreed their advantage by the stroke, he shall save, and preserve them; so as, while many thousands fall on each hand of them, yet they shall be free.

Psalms 91:11

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

So great is his care of the good of his children, that, besides his own immediate protection, he shall give charge to his most glorious creatures, the angels of heaven, and that not to one, but to many of them, to attend upon their persons and ways.

Psalms 91:13

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and dragon shalt thou trample upon.

Thou shalt be delivered from the danger and annoyance, of whatsoever creatures may be hurtful unto thee; whether by their violence, or by their venom: so as the most fierce or the most poisonous shall be trampled upon by thee without harm.