Psalms 91:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 91:4

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

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ASV

He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.

WEB

He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

YLT

With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

DBT

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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The Armor of GodShield of faith OT context — under the shadow of the Almighty.

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27 verses on the floor

Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Psalms 61:4
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Psalms 57:1
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

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Those who have themselves found the comfort of making God their refuge cannot but desire that others may do so. Now here it is promised, 1. That believers shall be kept from those mischiefs which they are in imminent danger of, and which would be fatal to them (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

To this the great God is pleased to compare his care of his people, who are helpless as the chickens, and easily made a prey of, but are invited to trust under the shadow of the wings of the divine promise and providence, which is the periphrasis of a proselyte to the true religion, that he has come to trust under the wings of the God of Israel, Ruth ii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For the first figure compare De 32:11; Mt 23:37. buckler--literally, "surrounding"--that is, a kind of shield covering all over.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 91:4PSA 17:8 DEU 32:10
PSA 91:4PSA 17:8 PSA 61:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 91:4PSA 17:8 PSA 91:1
PSA 91:4PSA 17:8 PRO 7:2
PSA 91:4PSA 57:1 PSA 36:7
PSA 91:4PSA 57:1 PSA 17:7-8
PSA 91:4PSA 57:1 PSA 63:7
PSA 91:4PSA 57:1 PSA 9:10

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