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Psalms 91:12

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone, carefully carrying the believers over all obstructions of their faith and spiritual life, so that their salvation will never be really endangered. Every Christian lives the life and performs the work which God has intended for him. If death takes him away, it means that the goal set by God has been reached, so far as he is concerned, that all the difficulties and obstructions and afflictions of life are behind him. In the mean time, it is true,

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See also Psalms 91:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 91:12. _THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN_ THEIR _HANDS_] Take the same care of thee as a _nurse_ does of a weak and tender child; lead thee,-teach thee to walk,-lift thee up out of the way of d...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP ... - As if they took hold of thee, and held thee up, when about to fall. LEST THOU DASH THY FOOT ... - Lest you should stumble and fall. They will protect you so that you may...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 91 Christ, the Second Man __ 1. In dependence (Psalms 91:1) 2. In security (Psalms 91:3) 3. His triumph and exaltation ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 pestile...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEAR THEE UP. Compare Psalms 94:18. IN. on,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Renewed assurances of Divine protection, ratified by a Divine promise....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Upon their hands shall they bear thee] Cp. the metaphor in Exodus 19:4. _lest thou dash_&c. and stumble and fall. Cp. Proverbs 3:23....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE, &C.— These verses point out still more plainly the occasion of this psalm. For as the people were not only exposed to diseases in the wilderness, but also to the incur...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 91 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Personal Application of the Foregoing Psalm. ANALYSIS Prelude, Commending the Initial Sentiment of Moses-' Prayer. Stanza I., Psalms 91:2-8, Exhortation to Make this S...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN THEIR HANDS, LEST THOU DASH THY FOOT AGAINST A STONE - namely, a stone of stumbling, or a...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    91:12 foot (b-13) Or 'lest thy foot stumble.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 Ba...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MY SAFE PLACE! PSALMS 91 Jesus said, "Jerusalem, I often wanted to get your children together as a mother bird gets her babies under her wings" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IN THEIR HANDS. — Literally, _on,_ as a nurse a child. There is a Spanish proverb, expressive of great love and solicitude: “They carry him on the palms of their hands.”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַל ־כַּפַּ֥יִם יִשָּׂא֑וּנְךָ פֶּן ־תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 91:1 THE solemn sadness of Psalms 90:1 is set in strong relief by the sunny brightness of this song of happy, perfect trust in the Divine protection. The juxtaposition is, however, probably due...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SECURITY IN TRUSTING THE LORD Psalms 91:1 In harmony with the new light cast upon it by the Revised Version, this psalm has been divided as follows: Psalms 91:1, a soliloquy in which the believer sta...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This psalm is one of the greatest possessions of the saints. It is a great song of the safety of such as put their trust in Jehovah, and contains the Divine assurance of such faith as fruitful. Very l...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Me. I shall live to hear of the vengeance which God will take, Psalm cxi. 9. (Calmet) --- The just pray for sinners here; but must approve of God's judgment. (Berthier)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Surely we must be senseless indeed, if we do not view Christ here, when the devil himself hesitated not to acknowledge it. Turn, Reader, to the subject of thy Redeemer's temptation, and observe how Ch...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    12_They shall bear thee upon their hands. _He gives us a still higher idea of the guardianship of the angels, informing us, that they not only watch lest any evil should befall us, and are on the aler...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have now (Psalms 91) another most important principle introduced; Messiah's taking His place with Israel, the place of trust in Jehovah, so as to afford the channel for the full blessing of the peo...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN THEIR HANDS,.... Which denotes the strength and power of angels to carry the saints in their hands; their tender care of them, such as a parent or nurse have of children; th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Ver. 12. _They shall bear thee up in their hands_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 4:6 _"_ Be sensible of the many good offices...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Because thou hast made the Most High thy habitation_ Which is the only ground and reason of that safety here mentioned; _there shall no evil befall thee_ Namely, so as to destroy or really hurt thee....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN THEIR HANDS; sustain or uphold thee in thy goings, as we do a child or a weakly man, especially in uneven or dangerous paths. Or, shall carry thee aloft, as upon eagles wings, wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 91:12 hands H3709 up H5375 (H8799) dash H5062 (H8799) foot H7272 stone H68 They -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 man who dwells there; no, not even every Christian man. There are so...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The preservation of those whose confidence is in God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those who live a life of communion with God are constantly safe under His protecting win...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm is sent down to us as an ode of praise by David, written when the pestilence was stayed. The Targum considers it as a dialogue between David and Solomon, giving the Almighty the final word....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways._ GOD’S ANGELS HELPING GOOD MEN ON EARTH I. God has angels at His command. 1. Spiritual existences. 2. Full of vitality...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone._ ANGELS OUR GUARDIANS IN TRIFLES The Scriptural representation brings down the ministration of angels to what appears...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty._ A SONG OF FAITH I. The solitary voice of faith. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 91:1. This tender psalm describes the confidence that the believer may have through all types of dangers and challenges. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION There is no title prefixed to this Psalm. We know not who is the author of it. The conjecture, which has been made by some, that it was written by Moses, is very inadequately sustained. N...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So let's turn to Psalms 91:1-16 that we might begin our Bible study this evening. Psalms 91:1-16 brings up the question of just where are you living? There is a place that you might live that is sure...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 46:3; Isaiah 63:9; Job 5:23; Proverbs 3:23; Psalms 37:24...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE PSALM OF SECURITY Psalms 91:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It seems to us that the last 4 verses of the 90th Psalm are a fitting introduction or prelude to the glorious security of the believer in the 91s...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

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