“And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone — the promise of the Psalm continues: angelic intervention to prevent even the smallest harm. The application to a deliberate self-endangerment goes beyond the Psalm's intent — the Psalm promises protection in ordinary danger, not a staged test. The temptation is to use the divine protection as a proof-of-concept demonstration rather than trusting it in ordinary need.
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