Friday, January 2, 2026

Does Psalm 91 Dominate the Savior's Verses?


 


91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

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GJ - Many teaching opportunities for online students made me emphasize 1) the Holy Trinity and 2) the Savior from the very beginning, Genesis 1:1-3. If God the Father commanded light, then there had to be the object of that comment - Light. 

The same is true of John 1:1-2, which is even clearer concerning the Father and the Son. "The same" is emphatic in Greek, more like HE was in the beginning with God! 

Many believers in the online classroom tended to make the Old Testament God the Father with relatively little about God the Son. But look at how Jesus-centered the Fourth Gospel is -

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

The last century did its best to remove the divinity of Christ and the Two Natures of Christ. Lacking the always-helping Holy Spirit, the great theologians little more than Barth, Rahner, Tillich (har!) and worse. 

So much more can be said, so I would emphasize the need to increase the emphasis of the divinity of the Savior and His tender mercy. Psalm 91 is especially moving and kindly toward us fumbling, awkward, and fragile souls.