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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.
Psalms 91:7 — KJV
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Psalms 91:7
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 91:7
Theological / DevotionalA thousand … ten thousand. Poetic use of large round numbers for rhetorical effect. The Hebrew word translated “ten thousand” sometimes signifies merely an unspecified large number. In Ugaritic (see p. 618) this word is also often used in parallel constructions with “thousand,” and simply denotes large numbers. No calculation should be made from such figurative use of numbers.
Nigh thee. Whatever danger there may be, it will not touch the one whose confidence is in God. Under the protection of God, he is safe. This is the conviction that gives a man the steady eye of faith in his hour of supreme danger.
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