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Psalms 91:1
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dwelleth in the secret place--(Ps 27:5; 31:20) denotes nearness to God. Such as do so abide or lodge secure from assaults, and can well use the terms of trust in Ps 91:2.
2 Samuel 17:17
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by En-rogel--the fuller's well in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, below the junction of the valley of Hinnom with that of Jehoshaphat.
Ezekiel 47:10
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En-gedi...En-eglaim--En-gedi (meaning "fountain of the kid"), anciently, Hazazon-Tamar, now Ain-Jidy; west of the Dead Sea; David's place of refuge from Saul. En-eglaim means "fountain of two...
Psalms 91:5
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terror--or, what causes it (Pr 20:2). by night--then aggravated. arrow--that is, of enemies.
Psalms 91:7 - 8
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The security is more valuable, as being special, and, therefore, evidently of God; and while ten thousands of the wicked fall, the righteous are in such safety that they only see the calamity.
Psalms 124:6 - 7
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The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Ps 3:7), and then of a fowler (Ps 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.
Psalms 36:7
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shadow of thy wings--(Compare De 32:11; Ps 91:1).
Psalms 91:13
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Even the fiercest, strongest, and most insidious animals may be trampled on with impunity.
Psalms 82:7
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fall like, &c.--be cut off suddenly (Ps 20:8; 91:7).
Psalms 91:9 - 12
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This exemption from evil is the result of trust in God, who employs angels as ministering spirits (Heb 1:14).
Proverbs 3:2
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length...life--often promised as blessings (Ps 21:4; 91:16). peace--includes prosperity (Ps 125:5). add--abound to thee.
Numbers 20:2 - 13
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there was no water for the congregation--There was at Kadesh a fountain, En-Mishpat (Ge 14:7), and at the first encampment of the Israelites there was no want of water. It was then either partially...
Psalms 83:3
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hidden ones--whom God specially protects (Ps 27:5; 91:1).
Psalms 91:3
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snares...[and]...noisome pestilence--literally, "plagues of mischiefs" (Ps 5:9; 52:7), are expressive figures for various evils.
Psalms 91:16
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show him--literally, "make him see" (Ps 50:23; Lu 2:30).
Joshua 15:7
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Achor--(see on Jos 7:26). Adummim--a rising ground in the wilderness of Jericho, on the south of the little brook that flowed near Jericho (Jos 16:1). En-shemesh--"the fountain of the sun"; "either...
Job 39:28
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abideth--securely (Ps 91:1); it occupies the same abode mostly for life. crag--literally, "tooth" (1Sa 14:5, Margin). strong place--citadel, fastness.
Psalms 91:4
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For the first figure compare De 32:11; Mt 23:37. buckler--literally, "surrounding"--that is, a kind of shield covering all over.
Psalms 109:8
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The opposite blessing is long life (Ps 91:16; Pr 3:2). The last clause is quoted as to Judas by Peter (Ac 1:20). office--literally, "charge," Septuagint, and Peter, "oversight" [1Pe5:2].
2 Chronicles 20:2
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from beyond the sea on this side Syria--Instead of "Syria," some versions read "Edom," and many able critics prefer this reading, both because the nomad tribes here mentioned were far from Syria,...
Numbers 22:40
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Balak offered oxen and sheep--made preparations for a grand entertainment to Balaam and the princes of Midian.
2 Chronicles 20:16
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they come up by the cliff of Ziz--This seems to have been nothing else than the present pass which leads northwards, by an ascent from En-gedi to Jerusalem, issuing a little below Tekoa. The...
Matthew 23:37
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, &c.--How ineffably grand and melting is this apostrophe! It is the very heart of God pouring...
Isaiah 48:13
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spanned--measured out (Isa 40:12). when I call...stand up together--(Isa 40:26; Jer 33:25). But it is not their creation so much which is meant, as that, like ministers of God, the heavens and the...
Hosea 5:14
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lion--The black lion and the young lion are emblems of strength and ferocity (Ps 91:13). I, even I--emphatic; when I, even I, the irresistible God, tear in pieces (Ps 50:22), no Assyrian power can...
Exodus 26:3
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The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another, &c.--so as to form two grand divisions, each eleven yards wide.
Luke 6:19
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healed--kept healing, denoting successive acts of mercy till it went over "all" that needed. There is something unusually grand and pictorial in this touch of description.
Numbers 24:21
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Kenites...nest in a rock--Though securely established among the clefts in the high rocks of En-gedi towards the west, they should be gradually reduced by a succession of enemies till the Assyrian...
Isaiah 15:8
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Eglaim--(Eze 47:10), En-eglaim. Not the Agalum of Eusebius, eight miles from Areopolis towards the south; the context requires a town on the very borders of Moab or beyond them. Beer-elim...
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