“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
The first verse states two distinct truths, not one repeated twice as some wrongly suppose. He who dwells in God's secret place and abides under His shadow, these are two separate ideas working together, each adding weight to the promise of safety.
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Commenting on Psalm 91:1-16
Here we have the Lord himself speaking of his own chosen one. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. Not because he deserves to be thus kept, but because with all his imperfections he does love his God; therefore not the angels of God only, but the God of angels himself will come to his rescue in all perilous...
Those who make the Most High their habitation, dwelling in Him as their home, conversing with Him, delighting in Him, find themselves welcome to Him without hindrance or molestation from conscience or law. In His house there is room enough and shelter enough for all; He is firm and faithful, and in Him we shall be kept in perfect peace.
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Commenting on Psalm 91:9-16