May 12, 2015
In Psalm 91, God promises that we can trust Him in times of danger. There can be great difficulty in understanding and teaching this promise, though. Pastors must proceed carefully as they expound God’s Word, because Satan is strategic in attacking the faith of God’s people. Tim Keller encourages pastors to interpret Scripture with Scripture so that they may understand and communicate the Bible with faithfulness and accuracy.
1He who dwells in athe shelter of the Most High
will abide in bthe shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say1 to the Lord, “My crefuge and my dfortress,
my God, in whom I etrust.”
3For he will deliver you from fthe snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4He will gcover you with his pinions,
and under his hwings you will ifind refuge;
his jfaithfulness is ka shield and buckler.
5lYou will not fear mthe terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8You will only look with your eyes
and nsee the recompense of the wicked.
9Because you have made the Lord your odwelling place—
the Most High, who is my crefuge2—
10pno evil shall be allowed to befall you,
qno plague come near your tent.
11rFor he will command his sangels concerning you
to tguard you in all your ways.
12On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you ustrike your foot against a stone.
13You will tread on vthe lion and the wadder;
the young lion and xthe serpent you will ytrample underfoot.
14“Because he zholds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he aknows my name.
15When he bcalls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and chonor him.
16With dlong life I will satisfy him
and eshow him my salvation.”
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