Salmos 91:6-16

6 nem peste que anda na escuridão, nem mortandade que assole ao meio-dia.

7 Mil poderão cair ao teu lado, e dez mil � tua direita; mas tu não serás atingido.

8 Somente com os teus olhos contemplarás, e verás a recompensa dos ímpios.

9 Porquanto fizeste do Senhor o teu refúgio, e do Altíssimo a tua habitação,

10 nenhum mal te sucederá, nem praga alguma chegará � tua tenda.

11 Porque aos seus anjos dará ordem a teu respeito, para te guardarem em todos os teus caminhos.

12 Eles te susterão nas suas mãos, para que não tropeces em alguma pedra.

13 Pisarás o leão e a áspide; calcarás aos pés o filho do leão e a serpente.

14 Pois que tanto me amou, eu o livrarei; pô-lo-ei num alto retiro, porque ele conhece o meu nome.

15 Quando ele me invocar, eu lhe responderei; estarei com ele na angústia, livrá-lo-ei, e o honrarei.

16 Com longura de dias fartá-lo-ei, e lhe mostrarei a minha salvação.

Salmos 91:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 91

Jarchi and others think this psalm was written by Moses {m}, as was the preceding; but the Targum ascribes it to David; as do the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions; and very probably, as is generally thought, was penned by him on occasion of the pestilence which came upon the people, through his numbering of them, 2Sa 24:1. The person all along spoken of, and to, according to the Targum, is Solomon his son; and, according to the title in the Syriac version, King Hezekiah, so Theodoret, who is called the son of David; neither of which are probable. Some think the Messiah is meant; and that the psalm contains promises of protection and safety to him, as man, from diseases, beasts of prey, evil spirits, and wicked men, under the care of angels; and this not because that Satan has applied one of these promises to him, Mt 4:6, but because they seem better to agree with him than with any other: and one part of the title of the psalm, in the Syriac version, runs thus,

``and spiritually it is called the victory of the Messiah, and of everyone that is perfected by him.''

It seems best to understand it of every godly man, who is always safe under the divine protection. The Talmudisis {n} call it Myegp ryv, "a song of the occursions", or "meetings with evil spirits."