The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 91:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Surely he shall deliver thee. The second speaker takes up the word, and naturally changes the person. Addressing the first speaker, he says—Yes, assuredly, God shall deliver thee from whatever dangers beset thee: as, first, from the snare of the fowler (comp.

Psalms 124:7; Proverbs 6:5); and, secondly, from the noisome pestilence (comp. Psalms 91:6), i.e. from all dangers whatsoever—not more from these than from others.

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