Psalm 91:1-10

1 El que habita en el escondedero del Altísimo, morará bajo la sombra del Omnipotente.

2 Dirá al SEÑOR: Esperanza mía, y castillo mío; mi Dios, me aseguraré en él.

3 Y él te librará del lazo del cazador; de la mortandad que todo asuela.

4 Con su ala te cubrirá, y debajo de sus alas estarás seguro; escudo y adarga es su verdad.

5 No tendrás temor de espanto nocturno, ni de saeta que vuele de día;

6 ni de pestilencia que ande en oscuridad, ni de mortandad que destruya al mediodía.

7 Caerán a tu lado mil, y diez mil a tu diestra; pero a ti no llegará.

8 Ciertamente con tus ojos mirarás, y verás la recompensa de los impíos.

9 Porque tú, oh SEÑOR, eres mi esperanza; y al Altísimo has puesto por tu habitación,

10 no se ordenará para ti mal, ni plaga tocará tu morada.

Psalm 91:1-10 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."