Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

91:3-8 He Will Protect You from Danger. you. These verses personally address each one who sings this, listing the benefits that come to those who trust in the Lord. The snare of the fowler (v. 3) seems to be a metaphor for the schemes of those who hate the pious (cf. 119:110; 140:1-5). Pestilence (91:3, 6) and destruction are diseases that God sends on his enemies or his unfaithful people (cf. Ex. 5:3; 9:15; Lev. 26:25; Deut. 32:24, "plagues"). The terror and arrow, together with a thousand may fall, envision God's people under attack. If the psalm were describing every situation of danger, it would clearly be untrue: faithful people have fallen prey to these and other perils. It is better to allow Ps. 91:8 to guide the interpretation, pointing to cases in which these events (plague, battle) are sent as God's recompense on the wicked (whether Gentile or Israelite); in such cases, the faithful can be sure of God's protection.