A Prayer for Protection: Psalm 91-Supplication through the Scriptures
A Prayer for Protection Psalm 91 It is not because we are perfect or highly esteemed among men that we can hope for shelter in the day of evil, but because our refuge is the Eternal God, and our faith has learned to hide beneath his sheltering wing. Charles Spurgeon Three years ago, our oldest son joined the Marine Corps. As he was preparing to leave for boot camp, I knew I needed to have somewhere to go in the Scriptures to pray for him, especially during those initial months of difficult and intense training. The Lord led me to Psalm 91. Psalm 91 is a prayer of protection. The dangers in this psalm include snares, pestilence, terrors of the night, arrows, destruction, evil, and plague. In all these dangers, the psalmist knows exactly where to place himself: in the shelter of God Most High. Spurgeon says, “To take up a general truth and make it our own by personal faith is the highest wisdom.” We see the psalmist taking the truth He knows about God and making it his o...