Psalms 91:14

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
love	חָ֭שַׁק Cha.shak	H2836	to cling · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
deliver	וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ va.'a.fa.le.Te.hu	H6403	to slip out · conjunction + verb, piel, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
high	אֲ֝שַׂגְּבֵ֗הוּ 'a.sa.ge.Ve.hu	H7682	to be (causatively · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
known	יָדַ֥ע ya.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שְׁמִֽי she.Mi	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make…
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them…
John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to t…
Philippians 2:9-11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Psalms 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 91:9–end

Here are more promises to the same purport with those in the foregoing verses, and they are exceedingly great and precious, and sure to all the seed. I. The psalmist assures believers of divine protection, from his own experience; and that which he says is the word of God, and what we may rely upon. Observe, 1. The character of those who shall have the benefit and comfort of these promises; it is much the same with that, Psa 91:1. They are such as make the Most High their habitation (Psa 91:9), as are continually with God and rest in him, as make his name both their temple and their strong tower, as dwell in love and so dwell in God. It is our duty to be at home in God, to make our choice of…

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John Gill on Psalms 91:14

Because he hath set his love upon me,.... These are the words of God himself; and, according to Aben Ezra, are directed to the angels, describing the good man, and making promises to him; and in this clause he is represented as one that had "set his love" upon the Lord, being first loved by the Lord, and having the grace of love wrought in his heart by him: the phrase denotes the strength of his affection to God, and the sincerity of it; its singularity, being placed alone on him, and the settlement and fixedness of it, so as nothing could separate from it: this the Lord takes great notice of, and is highly well pleased with: hence it follows, therefore will I deliver him: from noisome dise…

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John Calvin on Psalms 91:13–end

Psalm 91:13-16 13. Thou shalt walk over the lion and asp, the young lion and dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14. Because he hath trusted in me, I will deliver him; because he hath known my name, I will set him on high. 15. He shall call upon me, and I shall answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and glorify him. 16. With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will show him my salvation. 13. Thou shalt walk over the lion and asp. The same truth is here expressed in different words. He had already spoken of the obstacles which Satan throws in our course under the figure of a stone. Now he speaks of the formidable troubles to which we are exposed in the world u…

The Church Fathers

These are the words of God to the Church. "Because he hath set his love in me, therefore will I deliver him." Not only therefore the Head, which now sits in heaven, because He hath set His house of defence very high, to which no evil shall happen, neither shall any plague come nigh His dwelling; but we also who are toiling on earth, and are still living in temptations, whose steps are feared for, lest they fall into snares, may hear the voice of the Lord our God consoling us, and saying to us, "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him up, because he hath known my name."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 91

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Affections · Blessedness of making God the object of — Blessedness of making God the object of
Affections, The · Blessedness of making God the object of — Blessedness of making God the object of
Love · OF MAN FOR GO — OF MAN FOR GO
Love Of Christ, The · To the Father — — To the Father —
Love To God · They who have: Are delivered by him — They who have: Are delivered by him
Prayer, Answers To · Received by those who: Set their love upon God — Received by those who: Set their love upon God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 91:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 91:9–end

John Gill on Psalms 91:14

John Calvin on Psalms 91:13–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 91:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 91:9–end

John Gill on Psalms 91:14

John Calvin on Psalms 91:13–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 91:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 91:14-16

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 91:14