What does Psalms 91:11 mean?

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalms 91:11, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Psalms 91:9-13

  1. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
  2. 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
  3. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
  4. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
  5. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

91:11 he will order his angels: Satan cited these words when he tempted Jesus (Matt 4:6; Luke 4:10-11), but God makes this promise for those who obey him (Ps 91:14), not for those who arrogantly test him (Matt 4:4, 7).

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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