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Selected Verse: Psalms 91:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 91:14 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
God Himself speaks (compare Psa 46:10; Psa 75:2-3). All the terms to express safety and peace indicate the most undoubting confidence (compare Psa 18:2; Psa 20:1; Psa 22:5).
set his love--that of the most ardent kind. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Because he hath set his love upon me - Has become attached to me; has united himself with me; is my friend. The Hebrew word expresses the strongest attachment, and is equivalent to our expression - "to fall in love." It refers here to the fact that God is the object of supreme affection on the part of his people; and it also here implies, that this springs from their hearts; that they have seen such beauty in his character, and have such strong desire for him, that their hearts go out in warm affection toward him.
Therefore will I deliver him - I will save him from trouble and from danger.
I will set him on high - By acknowledging him as my own, and treating him accordingly.
Because he hath known my name - He has known me; that is, he understands my true character, and has learned to love me. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Because - This and the two following verses are the words of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Because he hath set his love upon me - Here the Most High is introduced as confirming the word of his servant. He has fixed his love - his heart and soul, on me.
Therefore will I deliver him - I will save him in all troubles, temptations, and evils of every kind.
I will set him on high - I will place him out of the reach of all his enemies. I will honor and ennoble him, because he hath known my name - because he has loved, honored, and served me, and rendered me that worship which is my due. He has known me to be the God of infinite mercy and love. |
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.