Psalms 91

There were moments when i read psalms and all the verses about how beautiful the promises of the Lord for His people, i didn't feel that those verses are written for me. I was so captured by the teachings about how to interpret the bible within context, the writer's background, the history of israel etc that i forget to identified myself into those verses. I thought, well, these were written by David, it's for him at particular condition and time, not for me. He's a King, a beloved man of God. Who am i to deserve all those promises?

But now i read psalms 91, and i believe, these are the promises that go for me too.


1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the Lord, who is my refuge--

10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14 "Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

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

16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."



Not because of my own righteousness nor my might, but because of Jesus who qualifies me to receive all the promises of God for His people.

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

It's a new way of experiencing Psalms when i put my Jesus in front of me while i read.