nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
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
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness. It is shrouded in mystery as to its cause and cure, it marches on, unseen of men, slaying with hidden weapons, like an enemy stabbing in the dark, yet those who dwell in God are not afraid of it.
The believer's home is in God; he sits down and reposes in Him as his rest, making heart-work of worship and loving solitude with his God. So dwelling, he abides under the shadow of the Almighty, a shelter that comes between him and every annoyance, a refuge that will never fail.
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Commenting on Psalm 91:1-8