We will continue looking at the 91st Psalm today. The reason we are going verse by verse is so that we can show meditation at work in one of it's forms. Looking at the meanings of the original words helps us to get a clearer picture of what is actually being said. That will help to increase our understanding of the Word so that we are able to act on it, which produces Godly results!
Ps 91:11-12 (KJV)
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
The "he" referred to in this verse is the Lord (Jehovah) that we looked at in verse 9. "He shall give" and "charge" are the same Hebrew word, tsavah, which means: to command, to charge, to give orders, to appoint, to ordain, to send with a command. It is His angels that the Lord is giving orders "to keep thee", which is the Hebrew word, shamar, which means: to hedge about (as with thorns), to guard, to protect, to attend to, to watch, to take care, to preserve. They are to guard us (along with all of the other meanings) "in all", which is the Hebrew word, kol, which means: all, any, every, the whole of, everything, totality, "thy ways", which is the Hebrew word, derek, which means: a road, course of life, mode of action, manner.
Continuing on to verse 12 we see that, still speaking of His angels, "They shall bear thee up", which is the Hebrew word, nasa', which means: to lift, in a great variety of applications, to bear up, to carry, to support, to sustain, to aid, to assist. They are sent to lift us up in their hands so that we don't so much as "dash", which is the Hebrew word, nagaph, which means: to push, to gore, to defeat, to strike, to smite, to stumble, our foot against a stone. The Amplified Bible says it this way:
Ps 91:11-12 (Amplified)11For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].
12They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Our heavenly Father wants, above ALL things, that we renew our minds with His Word so that we can think like Him, talk like Him and act like Him. (3 John 2) Then we will have HIS results and He will be glorified. How do we bring glory to our Father and our Lord Jesus? By being DOERS (obeyers) of His Word.
Keep meditating, you're getting there!
Shalom in Him!
