Introduction
The safety of the godly man, and his confidence, Psalm 91:1 , Psalm 91:2 . How he is defended and preserved, Psalm 91:3-10 . The angels of God are his servants, Psalm 91:11 , Psalm 91:12 ; and he shall tread on the necks of his adversaries, Psalm 91:13 . What God says of, and promises to, such a person, Psalm 91:14-16 .
This Psalm has no title in the Hebrew; nor can it be determined on what occasion or by whom it was composed. It is most likely by the author of the preceding; and is written as a part of it, by fifteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., commencing before the repetition of the four last words of the ninetieth. It is allowed to be one of the finest Psalms in the whole collection. Of it Simon de Muis has said: "It is one of the most excellent works of this kind which has ever appeared. It is impossible to imagine any thing more solid, more beautiful, more profound, or more ornamented. Could the Latin or any modern languages express thoroughly all the beauties and elegancies as well of the words as of the sentences, it would not be difficult to persuade the reader that we have no poem, either in Greek or Latin, comparable to this Hebrew ode."
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