06-22-2008, 02:23 PM
David, as inspired to scribe (in the New King James translation), with my bracketed commentary, Wrote:
Psalm 91
Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.” [Who ascended into Heaven and descended into Sheol? Who was the Word near us, giving us words to speak and writing Torah onto our hearts? (Deuteronomy 30:12-14, John 1-3, Romans 10:4-13)]
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[a]
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. [What typical arrows, "pestilence...in darkness", and noonday destruction but those in or of a spiritual war?]
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked. [Did Y'shua ben-Miryam-shel-Natzaret ultimately see decay, or did David's prophecy come to pass on April 15, 29 A.D.?]
9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. [Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 53, 61, 63:1-6]
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.” [Who else knew HaShem-YHVH-Yisra'el before Adam? See John 8-10.]