Psalm 91:9

9 Want Gij, HEERE! zijt mijn Toevlucht! De Allerhoogste hebt gij gesteld tot uw Vertrek;

Psalm 91:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 91:9

Because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge
So the words, according to Kimchi, also are directed to the good man; giving the reason of his safety, because he trusts in the Lord, and puts himself under his protection: but they should rather be rendered, and the accents require such a reading, "because thou, Lord, art my refuge" {t}; and so are either the words of the good man that trusts in the Lord; or rather of the psalmist himself, seeing his safety in the midst of danger, and ascribing it to the Lord; whose providence was in a peculiar manner over him, whose power protected him, and he was as an asylum or city of refuge to him; so that nothing could hurt him:

even the most High, thy habitation;
it should be rendered, "thou hast made the most High thy habitation"; being an apostrophe of the psalmist to his own soul, observing the ground of his security; the most high God being made and used by him as his habitation, or dwelling place, where he dwelt, as every good man does, safely, quietly, comfortably, pleasantly, and continually: the Targum makes them to be the words of Solomon, paraphrasing them thus,

``Solomon answered, and thus he said, thou thyself, O Lord, art my confidence; in an high habitation thou hast put the house of thy majesty.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (yoxm hwhy hta yk) "quniam tu Domine spes mea", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "nam tu O Jehova es receptus meus", Cocceius; so Piscator; "quia tu Domine, es perfugium meum", De Dieu, Gejerus.

Psalm 91:9 In-Context

7 Aan uw zijden zullen er duizend vallen, en tien duizend aan uw rechterhand; tot u zal het niet genaken.

8 Alleenlijk zult gij het met uw ogen aanschouwen; en gij zult de vergelding der goddelozen zien.

9 Want Gij, HEERE! zijt mijn Toevlucht! De Allerhoogste hebt gij gesteld tot uw Vertrek;

10 U zal geen kwaad wedervaren, en geen plage zal uw tent naderen.

11 Want Hij zal Zijn engelen van u bevelen, dat zij u bewaren in al uw wegen.