A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
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
A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand. So terribly may the plague rage among men that the bills of mortality may become very heavy and continue to grow ten times heavier still, yet shall such as this Psalm speaks of survive the scythe of death. It shall not come nigh thee.
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