Psalm 91:2 (BSB)

I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

From Psalms 91. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 91:2

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 91:1-16: PSALM 91 In this psalm we are taught that God watches over the safety of his people, and never fails them in the hour of danger. They are exhorted to advance through all perils, secure in the confidence of his protection.
  • C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 91:2: I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress. To take up a general truth and make it our own by personal faith is the highest wisdom. It is but poor comfort to say 'the Lord is a refuge, 'but to say he is my refuge, is the essence of consolation.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 91:1-8: In these verses we have, I. A great truth laid down in general, That all those who live a life of communion with God are constantly safe under his protection, and may therefore preserve a holy serenity and security of mind at all times (Psa 91:1): He that dwells, that sits down, in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 91:2: I will say of the Lord,.... Or to the Lord (p): these are the words of the psalmist, expressing his faith in the Lord in the following words, taking encouragement from the safety of the godly man above described: the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read, he shall say to the Lord; that is, the man that dwells in the secret place...