John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 91:6
Psalms 91:6 [Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday. Ver. 6. Nor for the pestilence ] Called before terror, and arrow, as some conceive, Hippocrates calleth it το θειον , the divine disease, because sent more immediately from God, as an evil messenger. Not but that a good man may die of the plague, as did Oecolampadius, and many others; Hezekiah is thought to have had it, so had reverend Beza (his family was four different... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 91:8
Psalms 91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.The reward of the wickedI. There is a difference between the sufferings of the righteous and the wicked. The same external afflictions and trials may befall them; but to the righteous they are educational, to the wicked they are punitive--“the reward,” etc.II. The Divine rule in this world is righteous. Under it the godly are protected by God, while the wicked are punished.III. The righteousness of the Divine... read more