Psalms 91:1
The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
In Context
2He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.
Cross References
Judges 9:15And it answered them: If indeed you mean to make me king, come ye and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.
Psalms 17:8From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.
Psalms 27:5For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
Psalms 32:7Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
Psalms 52:8The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:
Psalms 61:3To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 91:1
Some of the ancients were of opinion that Moses was the penman, not only of the foregoing psalm, which is expressly said to be his, but also of the eight that next follow it; but that cannot be, for Ps. xcv. is expressly said to be penned by David, and long after Moses, Heb. iv. 7 . It is probable that this psalm also was penned by David; it is a writ of protection for all true believers, not in the name of king David, or under his broad seal; he needed it himself, especially if the psalm was penned, as some… Read the whole commentary →