“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.”
God speaks: "Because he loves me, says the Lord, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name." The divine voice affirms that love and knowledge of God's name (identity) are the basis for protection. The intimate use of "loves me" and "knows my name" establish covenantal relationship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 91:14
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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