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Psalms 91:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.


Psalms 91:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 91:66 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ֭/דֶּבֶרmideber
from a plaguepronH1698
pestilence · plague
בָּ/אֹ֣פֶלbāʾōpel
which in the darknesspronH652
obscurity · privily
יַהֲלֹ֑ךְyahălōkə
it will walkverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
מִ֝/קֶּ֗טֶבmiqeṭeb
from destructionpronH6986
destruction
יָשׁ֥וּדyāšwd
which it will devastateverbH7736
צָהֳרָֽיִםṣāhŏrāyim
noonnounH6672
noon(-day · -tide) · window
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 91:6

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 91 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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