Psalms 91:8

8 You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Psalms 91:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 91:8

Only with thine eyes shall thou behold
The flying arrow, the walking pestilence, and wasting destruction, and the great devastations made by it:

and see the reward of the wicked;
the vengeance of God upon them, and this as a just punishment for their sins; not looking upon it with delight and pleasure, rejoicing in the misery of their fellow creatures, any otherwise than as the glory of divine justice is displayed in it; see ( Psalms 52:6 ) ( 68:10 ) , the pestilence is always threatened, and it always comes, as a Judgment upon a wicked generation of men; and so it is ever to be considered, and is considered by good men, ( Leviticus 26:5 ) ( Deuteronomy 28:20 Deuteronomy 28:21 ) .

Psalms 91:8 In-Context

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

7 Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.

8 You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

10 no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.