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Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalm 91

Chapter 91

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

(Title

&) This Psalm is supposed by some to have been composed by Moses on the same occasion as the preceding; but others think it was written by David, after his advice to his son Solomon.

1 Chronicles 28:1-21

dwelleth

27:5 31:20 32:7 52:8 61:3,4 90:1 Isaiah 8:14 Ezekiel 11:16 Hosea 14:5,6 1 John 4:15,16

abide

Heb. lodge.

25:13 *marg:

under

17:8 36:7 57:1 Judges 9:15 Song of Solomon 2:3 Isaiah 4:5,6 Lamentations 4:20

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

I will

9 18:2 46:1 71:3 142:5 Deuteronomy 32:30,31 33:27-29 Proverbs 18:10

my God

43:4 48:14 67:6,7 Genesis 17:7 Deuteronomy 26:17-19 Jeremiah 31:1 Luke 20:38 Hebrews 11:16

in him

62:5-8 Isaiah 12:2 26:3,4

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

snare

124:7 141:9 Proverbs 7:23 Ecclesiastes 9:12 Hosea 9:8 Amos 3:5 1 Timothy 6:9 2 Timothy 2:26

and from

6 Numbers 14:37,38 16:46-48 2 Samuel 24:15 Job 5:10-22

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

cover

17:8 57:1 61:4 Deuteronomy 32:11 Ruth 2:12 Matthew 23:37

his truth

89:23,24 138:2 Genesis 15:1 Isaiah 43:1,2 Mark 13:31 Titus 1:2 Hebrews 6:17,18

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

Thou

3:6 27:1-3 46:2 112:7 Job 5:19-27 Proverbs 28:1 Isaiah 43:2 Matthew 8:26 Hebrews 13:6

terror

3:5 2 Kings 7:6 Job 4:13-15 24:14-16 Proverbs 3:23-25 Isaiah 21:4 Luke 12:20,39

nor

Job 6:4 Lamentations 3:12,13

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

pestilence

121:5,6 Exodus 12:29,30 2 Kings 19:35

destruction

Numbers 16:48 2 Samuel 24:15 Matthew 24:6,7 1 Corinthians 10:3-10

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

32:6 Genesis 7:23 Exodus 12:12,13 Numbers 14:37,38 Joshua 14:10

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Only

37:34 58:10,11 92:11 Proverbs 3:25,26 Malachi 1:5

reward

Isaiah 3:11 Hebrews 2:2

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Because

2 142:4,5 146:5,6

most high

1 71:3 90:1

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

There

121:7 Proverbs 12:21 Romans 8:25

neither

Deuteronomy 7:15 Job 5:24

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

For

34:7 71:3 2 Kings 6:16,17 Matthew 4:6 Luke 4:10,11 Hebrews 1:14

in all

Proverbs 3:6 Isaiah 31:1 Jeremiah 2:18

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

They

Isaiah 46:3 63:9

lest

37:24 Job 5:23 Proverbs 3:23

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

tread

Judges 14:5,6 Job 5:23 1 Samuel 17:37 Daniel 6:22 2 Timothy 4:17

adder

or, asp.

58:4 Mark 16:18 Acts 28:3-6 Romans 3:13 16:20

the dragon

Isaiah 27:1 Revelation 12:9 20:1,2

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

set

9 1 Chronicles 29:3 John 14:23 16:27 Romans 8:28 James 1:12 2:5

I will set

59:1 *marg:; 89:16,17 Isaiah 33:16 Philippians 2:9-11

known

9:10 John 17:3 Galatians 4:9

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

He shall

10:17 18:3,4,15 Isaiah 58:9 65:24 Jeremiah 29:12,13 33:3 Romans 10:12,13 Hebrews 5:7

I will be

23:4 138:7 Isaiah 41:10 43:1,2 Matthew 28:20 John 16:32 Acts 18:9,10 2 Timothy 4:17

deliver

37:40 2 Corinthians 1:9,10

honour

1 Samuel 2:30 John 5:44 12:26,43 1 Peter 1:21 3:22 5:4 Revelation 3:21

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

With long life

Heb. With length of days.

21:4 Genesis 25:8 Job 5:26 Proverbs 3:2,16 22:4 Isaiah 65:20-22

shew

16:11 50:23 Isaiah 45:17 Luke 2:30 3:6