Psalms 91:12 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 91:12

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

BSB

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ASV

They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

KJV

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 68, on Psalm 90 (Alternate Series) (420)

For He has given His angels charge concerning you, that they may keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall carry you, lest ever you dash your foot against a stone. If ever the heretics interpret certain things from the Scriptures against us, we ought not to be disturbed: because the devil too used this testimony against the Lord and Savior, saying, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written that He has given His angels charge concerning you," and the rest.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The charge is to keep thee in all thy ways; here is a limitation of the promise: They shall keep thee in thy ways, that is, "as long as thou keepest in the way of thy duty;" those that go out of that way put themselves out of God's protection. This word the devil left out when he quoted the promise to enforce a temptation, knowing how much it made against him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

They, that is the angels, God's own angels, shall cheerfully become our servants. They shall bear thee up in their hands; as nurses carry little children, with careful love, so shall those glorious spirits bear up each individual believer. Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone; even minor ills they ward off. It is most desirable that we should not stumble, but as the way is rough, it is most gracious on the Lord's part to send his servants to bear us up above the loose pebbles.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
כַּפַּ֥יִם	ka.Pa.yim	hands	H3709 →
יִשָּׂא֑וּנְךָ	yi.sa.'U.ne.kha	they will lift up you	H5375 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
תִּגֹּ֖ף	ti.Gof	you should strike	H5062 →
בָּאֶ֣בֶן	ba.'E.ven	on <the> stone	H68 →
רַגְלֶֽךָ׃	rag.Le.kha	foot your	H7272 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 4:6
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that…
leads to
- Psalms 91:11–12
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Through
Psalms 37:24
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
leads to
- Proverbs 24:16
  For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- Psalms 145:14
  The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- Psalms 94:18
  If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- Micah 7:7–8
  But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- John 10:27–30
  My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
Through
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
leads to
- Exodus 33:14
  And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms