He That Dwelleth In The Secret Place of the Most High

This psalm is filled with imagery and is one of the popular passages that is taken as prayer and is memorized. The main idea is to "dwell in the secret place of the most High" - meaning to abide or to live in the LORD. In other words, it is trusting God, taking refuge in Him, depending on God as our fortress and putting our love on Him.

The benefits are we will be protected, our enemies cannot harm us, we will not be afraid day and night. Angels will be assigned to keep us from accidents. Enemies will fall beside us and we will see God's justice on them.

Finally, a personal commitment by God when we dwell in Him include God will answer our call, He will set us on high, He will be with us in time of trouble and deliver us, and we will be assured long life and salvation.



Psalm 91
Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
         Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
 2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
         My God, in Him I will trust.”
       
 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[a]
         And from the perilous pestilence.
 4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
         And under His wings you shall take refuge;
         His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
         Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
         Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
       
 7 A thousand may fall at your side,
         And ten thousand at your right hand;
         But it shall not come near you.
 8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
         And see the reward of the wicked.
       
 9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
         Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
 10 No evil shall befall you,
         Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
         To keep you in all your ways.
 12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
         Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
         The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
       
 14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
         I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
         I will be with him in trouble;
         I will deliver him and honor him.
 16 With long life I will satisfy him,
         And show him My salvation.”