“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
Triumph over predators: "You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot." The dangerous beasts (lion, adder, young lion, serpent) become subjects under the protected one's feet. Predatory threats are subdued.
Church Fathers on Psalms 91:13
1. This Psalm is that from which the Devil dared to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ: let us therefore attend to it, that thus armed, we may be enabled to resist the tempter, not presuming in ourselves, but in Him who before us was tempted, that we might not be overcome when tempted. Temptation to Him was not necessary: the temptation of Christ is our learning, but if we listen to His answers to the devil, in order that, when ourselves are tempted, we may answer in like manner, we…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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