← Back Perhaps the most fascinating episode in the New Testament involving Psalm 91 is not one in which Jesus cited the psalm approvingly — it is one in which his adversary did. In Matthew 4 and Luke 4, Satan quotes Psalm 91:11–12 to Jesus during the wilderness temptation, and Jesus refuses to act on…
← Back A severe medical diagnosis changes everything. In the space of a single conversation with a doctor, the ordinary world recedes and a new, frightening landscape of treatments, prognoses, and existential questions opens up. The question that almost always surfaces is: “Where is God in this?” Psalm 91 has been a companion to the…
← Back Verse 13 of Psalm 91 is one of the most visually arresting in the entire psalm: “You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.” (Psalm 91:13, WEB). Four creatures are named — lion, cobra, young lion, and serpent — and the protected believer…
← Back Sleep is one of the most vulnerable states a human being enters. Every night, we release control of our consciousness and trust that we will be safe when we wake. For anxious people, this surrender can be deeply difficult. Psalm 91 speaks directly to this nighttime vulnerability and makes an extraordinary claim: those…
