Psalm 91 Vs. 9

Psalm 91 Vs. 9

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; Psm. 91:9

Because thou hast... Fifteen Conditions of the Blessings of Psm. 91:1-16:

1. Dwell in the secret place of the Most High—under His shadow (Psm. 91:1).

2. Affirm that God is your refuge (Psm. 91:2).

3. Affirm that God is your fortress.

4. Affirm that God is your God.

5. Affirm that God is your trust (Psm. 91:2, 91:4).

6. Have confidence in God as deliverer from every snare and pestilence (Psm. 91:3).

7. Have confidence in His protection (Psm. 91:4).

8. Make His truth your shield and buckler.

9. Be not afraid of any terrors, dangers, pestilences, or destruction's (Psm. 91:5-6).

10. Have confidence that the plagues slaying thousands all around you will not come near you (Psm. 91:7-8).

11. Make God your refuge (Psm. 91:9).

12. Make God your habitation.

13. Set your love upon God (Psm. 91:14).

14. Know the name (authority) of God.

15. Call upon God in prayer (Psm. 91:15).

So the words, according to Kimchi, also are directed to the good man; giving the reason of his safety, because he trusts in the Lord, and puts himself under his protection. But they should rather be rendered, and the accents require such a reading, "because thou, Lord, art my refuge". And so are either the words of the good man that trusts in the Lord. Or rather of the psalmist himself, seeing his safety in the midst of danger, and ascribing it to the Lord. Whose providence was in a peculiar manner over him. Whose power protected him, and he was as an asylum or city of refuge to him; so that nothing could hurt him.

even the most... It should be rendered, "thou hast made the Most High thy habitation"; being an apostrophe of the psalmist to his own soul, observing the ground of his security. The Most High God being made and used by him as his habitation, or dwelling place, where he dwelt, as every good man does, safely, quietly, comfortably, pleasantly, and continually. The Targum makes them to be the words of Solomon, paraphrasing them thus, "Solomon answered, and thus he said, thou thyself, O Lord, art my confidence; in a high habitation thou hast put the house of thy majesty.''

The psalmist explained that no harm or disaster can befall those who have made the Lord their refuge (maḥseh, “shelter from danger”; cf. Psm. 91:2 and Psm. 14:6) because He has commissioned angels to care for them.