Psalms 91:5-6 NIVUK
[5] You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, [6] nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. https://bible.com/bible/113/psa.91.5-6.NIVUK
As I write these lines, we have just returned from a holiday in Iceland and North America.
One of the places we visited was the famous Niagara Falls. Since we were there only for an overnight stay, we booked a hotel room with a clear view of the Falls, which was an awesome sight (although I must admit to being a little unsure when they added a night time light show and fireworks display – the Falls are impressive enough on their own).
The next day, we followed in the footsteps of millions of others, paid to ride a boat, donned a plastic poncho and rode as close as we could to the Falls. We got so wet!
This is, in a sense, how people view the Christian life compared to the lives of everyone else.
They believe that we are in the hotel room, cool and dry, watching as other people
are beaten and soaked by the torrents of life. This belief is often based entirely on the words of this Psalm.
However, although this seems to be a correct interpretation, it is shallow. Deadly shallow.
Because those who believe it extend it and say that those who are suffering are clearly not residing under the shadow of the Almighty, or resting under the shadow of His wings.
In other words, they are suffering because they have done something wrong to deserve it.
Now, we can’t escape the fact that some suffering is self-inflicted. That is simply a fact – and a fact that the Bible embraces:
Psalms 1:4-6 NIVUK
[4] Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. [5] Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. [6] For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. https://bible.com/bible/113/psa.1.4-6.NIVUK
However it isn’t always the case.
If it was, then every writer of the New Testament, every Christian hero since the church began and even Jesus Christ Himself would have had a deficient walk with God.
And that can’t be.
So what does Psalm 91 really teach us? What does it really mean?
Let’s look firstly at The Effect that the teaching in this Psalm should have on us:
Psalms 91:5-6 NIVUK
[5] You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, [6] nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. https://bible.com/bible/113/psa.91.5-6.NIVUK
Four serious threats are mentioned in these two verses:
The first of these threats is night terrors. Night time was always a fearful time for the ancients. Night was when evil was done (Genesis 19:1-5; Judges 19; Proverbs 7 – these are all good examples), which is why Jesus said this:
John 9:4 NIVUK
[4] As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work. https://bible.com/bible/113/jhn.9.4.NIVUK
And why, as Judas leaves the Last Supper to betray Jesus, John rather poetically notes:
John 13:30 NIVUK
[30] As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. https://bible.com/bible/113/jhn.13.30.NIVUK
Night time was a scary time. The reason was very simple. No-one could be found guilty without the testimony of at least two witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15). There were no electric streetlights – the best they had were small olive oil lamps or flaming torches – which meant that crimes could be committed with impunity since no-one would see them taking place.
For that reason, darkness was a fearful time. This led to night watchmen being employed, which would have been a difficult and dangerous job (Psalm 130:6). These watchmen also often abused their authority – as they could get away with it too (Song of Songs 5:7).
You can understand, then, why the ancients were so afraid of the dark.
This then can be symbolic of the darkness in life that attracts universal fear, such as fierce acts of nature, ill health or the death of a loved one. We know about these things. We know they exist. We know they will come. However, this knowledge cannot lessen the pain when they arrive.
As well as night terrors, we also see daytime dangers.
The ancients did not have night vision goggles. Neither did they have endless war chests. So archers would fire their arrows when they had sight of their target – kind of like a sniper.
As they would have clearer sight during daylight, this would be a dangerous time for any warrior, especially those attacking a defensible position.
The psalmist, who isn’t named, likely knew about this threat. It would have been common knowledge. Fear of it would likely be factored into any military tactics during a raid or a war.
Nowadays, we don’t usually have to run the risk of being shot through with an arrow.
However, there are similar risks we have to face, such as passing through suspect neighbourhoods, or passing through locations that are known hangouts for thieves or pickpockets, or locking our doors to avoid our house being broken into. Every one of us has risks that we know about and do our best to avoid.
Apart from night terrors and daytime terrors we also see midnight pestilences. The word ‘pestilence’ here refers in general to plagues, such as those experienced by Egypt in Exodus 7-11, but more specifically to diseases that attack and destroy livestock, such as (in our day) swine flu or bird flu or BSE (mad cow disease).
In other words, for an agricultural society, these would have been diseases that came out of the blue and specifically attacked people’s ability to sustain their lifestyle and survive.
The Egyptian plagues certainly fit this model. The plagues of insects, hail, darkness, etc., culminating in the death of firstborn, were absolutely targeted at humbling the nation and bringing it to its knees – and not just in worship.
We might not experience agricultural pestilences like gnats or grasshoppers or locusts or livestock diseases, but we often experience pestilences against our livelihood and abilities to function. For example: business reorganisations, redundancies, strikes, protests, unrest, interest and inflation rate rises, illness, disability – even retirement can be a pestilence, depending on our approach to it.
All of these strike at our ability to provide for ourselves and our family and can be a significant threat to our mental, emotional and spiritual health.
Apart from night and daytime terrors and midnight pestilences, the psalmist also talks of midday destruction.
The same Hebrew word that is used in Psalm 91 is also used here:
Isaiah 28:1-2 NIVUK
[1] Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley – to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine! [2] See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground. https://bible.com/bible/113/isa.28.1-2.NIVUK
And also here:
Deuteronomy 32:24 NIVUK
[24] I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. https://bible.com/bible/113/deu.32.24.NIVUK
These are shocking verses. However, all of them refer to sudden, violent and uncompromising consequences of sin. All of them refer to the just consequences of breaching our covenant with God.
All of them are fair.
All of them could have been foreseen.
They are like a smoker being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Or an alcoholic with liver failure.
Or a drug user with psychosis.
Or a fighter being beaten to a pulp.
They are all entirely predictable.
That leaves us with four utterly terrifying adversaries – the kind of thing that would occupy our waking thoughts and keep us from sleeping. The kind of thing that we would insure and secure ourselves against and still wonder if it was enough.
Yet the psalmist prefixes these four terrifying forces with four words – two in Hebrew – that describe how we can react towards them:
‘You shall not fear...’
Mark these words carefully. This is critically important. The verse does not say ‘You shall not face...’, because to do so is incorrect. You may well have to face these things.
Instead, what it says is ‘You shall not fear’.
In other words, we face them, we respect them, but we do not fear them. They do not terrify us or cause us anxiety.
The psalmist goes on to say this:
Psalms 91:7-8 NIVUK
[7] A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. [8] You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
What if it is not these four forces that do not come near us, but the fear of them?
What if it is fear that causes the thousand and the ten thousand to fall?
At first glance, this might sound like a bit of a stretch, but look at these verses, from the curses for disobedience in Old Testament law:
Deuteronomy 28:25 NIVUK
[25] The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.
Deuteronomy 28:64-67 NIVUK
[64] Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods – gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. [65] Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting-place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. [66] You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. [67] In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening, ‘If only it were morning!’ – because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.
Fear – particularly irrational fear – is a bad thing. Time and again in the Old Testament we see armies defeated because of irrational fear and paranoia. The commands to ‘Do not fear’ or ‘Do not be afraid’ or ‘Do not be anxious’ are some of the most frequently repeated in the Bible.
What we can learn from this is that fear of an unfortunate fate is often a more powerful adversary than the fate itself.
Yet throughout the Bible we are told to not be afraid, and in Psalm 91 we are told that we will not be afraid.
But how?
These life events are fearsome. They are terrifying.
How can we not be afraid?
So that is why we now turn from the effect – being fearless in the face of fearsome life events, to The Cause. That is: what is it that will make us fearless?
Before we do that, we must address one potential wrong belief. The teaching we are about to receive cannot make us reckless. We respect the fearsome nature of these life events. We fully understand their possible effects.
But we don’t fear them.
In a sense, we are like film and TV stunt men. They are paid to design and execute spectacularly realistic stunts without hurting themselves or other people. They take risks that most of us would not dare.
But they are not reckless.
They design the stunt to look great, but to keep themselves safe. They have incredible attention to detail and the tolerances their body can withstand.
It must be like that with us. We cannot be reckless. There must be an element of care and attention to how we live.
But we cannot live in fear.
Psalm 91 gives us four positions that show us how we can be rid of fear.
The first of these is dwelling:
Psalms 91:1 NIVUK
[1] Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
But what does ‘to dwell’ really mean?
Here is where we need to be brutally honest.
We visit our offices. We dwell at home.
We visit our schools, colleges and universities. We dwell at home.
We visit church. We dwell at home.
To dwell is not to go to a place for a short time and leave. We dwell in a place when we make our home there for the long term.
If we dwell in someone else’s property, we agree to live under their authority, to abide by their rules, to respect their wishes. After all, they are our landlord; we are only tenants.
Dwelling with someone requires proximity, intimacy, trust, relationship. It is way more than a simple commercial agreement. It is much, much deeper than that.
To dwell in the shelter of the Most High means not just that we run to God for protection. It means that we believe His promises, accept His authority over our lives and live on His terms, not our own. We dethrone ourselves and make Him king.
That is why Jesus said these words:
Matthew 6:33-34 NIVUK
[33] But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. [34] Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
And David wrote these words:
Psalms 2:11-12 NIVUK
[11] Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. [12] Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
And it’s why Jesus constantly asked His followers to follow Him.
Because we cannot dwell under the shelter of the Most High if we are not prepared to obey and follow Him.
Stay close to Him, then you are in His shadow. Step away from Him, and you are not.
So let me ask you a difficult question: are you dwelling in the shelter of the Most High?
As well as dwelling, we see a second cause that might seem a little strange: that of resting.
That might seem like a stranger thing to mention in the context of struggle or suffering.
However, have you ever been on a long and arduous journey, then came to your destination and let out that glorious sigh of relief that signals, ‘Ah! I’ve arrived!’?
That is but a tiny taster of what this means.
Rest is critical to human beings. On our travels, we’ve come across people who sign up for seven month contracts to work at sea who work every day of their contracts – no weekends, no days off – and towards the end of it are completely exhausted.
Human beings were not designed to work that way.
God designed one day in seven for rest (Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15). That is why Jesus said these words:
Mark 2:27-28 NIVUK
[27] Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. [28] So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.’
Rest is even more important if we are facing struggles, especially if these are health struggles. This has been known even since Biblical times (John 11:12).
So no, I do not subscribe to the workaholic teaching of some branches of the church which state we must always be about our Father’s business and should never have a break or a rest. That is just plain wrong. Our Father did not design us that way.
We need rest.
But rest does not come easily during struggle. The nights might be dark, but our worries, stresses and anxieties keep our eyes open more than caffeine ever could.
More than that, we often view rest as the thing we do after struggle. However, there is also a clear need for rest during struggle (see 1 Kings 19:7 for an example).
Struggle is life’s version of an examination. At school, college and university, there are those who stay up all night cramming for their exam and then turn up exhausted, clutching a coffee, worried that they will not get a good result. That is a poor strategy. To face any examination, yes, you need to be prepared, but you also need to be rested.
It is following rest that our minds are clear and lucid. It is following rest that the best ideas often flow.
That is why Jesus taught this:
Matthew 11:28-30 NIVUK
[28] ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. [30] For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.’ https://bible.com/bible/113/mat.11.28-30.NIVUK
Maybe you see these verses and you are arguing, ‘But Paul, my yoke is hard and my burden is heavy’.
So was mine, the first time I went abroad, because I had no idea what to take. If I could have fitted the kitchen sink in my rucksack, I would probably have taken it too!
But the second time, I examined what I had taken, asked myself if I really needed it after all, and reduced my load.
Often the problem when we are weary and heavy laden is that we have taken on things that are not ours to take.
For example: it is pointless worrying about things that probably won’t happen. It is pointless worrying about things you can’t change.
These things should be left with Jesus. Don’t carry them!
The reason why dwelling in the shelter of the Most High causes us to rest in the shadow of the Almighty is because we set aside our sin and the things in life that so easily entangle us (Hebrews 12:1-3), we stop worrying and start trusting God, and we learn to rest.
Even in the midst of terrible trouble.
Apart from dwelling and resting, we also see a third cause, that of declaring.
Psalms 91:2 NIVUK
[2] I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ https://bible.com/bible/113/psa.91.2.NIVUK
Psalms 91:9-13 NIVUK
[9] If you say, ‘The Lord is my refuge,’ and you make the Most High your dwelling, [10] no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. [11] For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; [12] they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. [13] You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
This might sound a little strange at first, but saying things out loud has a spiritual effect.
Look at these famous verses from the New Testament:
Romans 10:9-11 NIVUK
[9] if you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. [11] As Scripture says, ‘Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.’ https://bible.com/bible/113/rom.10.9-11.NIVUK
Why is that?
Think about the great endurance races: the half marathons, marathons, ultra marathons and those crazy people who do things like run across the Sahara Desert. When people make it to the end of races like that, they are congratulated. And why not? It is quite the achievement.
But when we endure through suffering, what happens?
People might look at us and congratulate us and wonder at how strong we are to make it through what we endured.
Now imagine what would happen if we tell people while we are suffering that we are depending on God to help us endure – which, by the way, is true.
Who gets the glory when we endure to the end?
God.
And rightly so.
Confessing Him, declaring that He is our Saviour and we are depending on Him means that when we succeed, He gets the glory, not us. And that is where it rightly belongs.
Confessing also has another effect: it strengthens us. It makes us stronger. The Psalmist says this about it:
Psalms 91:9-13 NIVUK
[9] If you say, ‘The Lord is my refuge,’ and you make the Most High your dwelling, [10] no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. [11] For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; [12] they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. [13] You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
It is not that harm and disaster and lions and cobras and serpents (metaphorically speaking) will not be near, it’s that they will not overcome us.
Why?
Because our faith is in God, and the declaration we make reminds us of this.
That is why it is important to talk out our faith – for ourselves, as much as for others.
Apart from dwelling, resting and declaring, the fourth cause of our fearlessness is loving:
Psalms 91:14-16 NIVUK
[14] ‘Because he loves me,’ says the Lord, ‘I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. [15] He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. [16] With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.’
Now, answer me this: if someone is completely safe, do they need to be rescued?
Of course not!
No-one calls the emergency services if nothing is wrong – at least, no-one sensible.
These verses talk about God coming to our aid in trouble, but for that to happen two things must be true:
Number one – we must be in trouble. That sounds like a statement of the absolutely obvious, but, again, Psalm 91 does not promise us a trouble-free life. It if did, from what would God be rescuing us?
Secondly – and these verses are perfectly clear on this – we must love God.
Note the order here. The psalmist does not say here that God rescues us because He loves us. That is true. We see it elsewhere in the Bible:
Isaiah 43:4 NIVUK
[4] Since you are precious and honoured in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life. https://bible.com/bible/113/isa.43.4.NIVUK
But here, in Psalm 91, the trigger for God to intervene is the psalmist’s obedience to the Golden Rule:
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 NIVUK
[4] Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. [5] Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
The affection and commitment which triggers the action comes from the psalmist, not from God.
And this is absolutely crucial.
I honestly think at times that people in countries where the emergency services are free do not really respect them and feel a sense of entitlement towards them.
I see this when I see drunk people getting into fights and then assume that the police will settle the disputes, or the ambulance service will take them to hospital and the doctor will sort them out.
I see it when people see a lifeguard station or a lifeboat jetty and simply assume they have a right to behave recklessly at sea.
I see it when people head into the mountains poorly prepared for bad weather because mountain rescue will help them if they get stuck.
I see it when people deliberately choose to abuse their bodies with alcohol, tobacco or drugs, in the assumption that they will get free medical care when they are sick.
Now, I am not for one moment advocating that these things should be paid for. Not one bit.
These things should all be free at the point of need. That ought to be a human right.
But the problem is how relate to them.
There are those who treat God with the same level or contempt. They are like an old fashioned religious cult that used to encourage wild behaviour in their young people so they could repent later. There is an assumption there that it doesn’t matter how you live your life now, because God will rescue you later.
That is one hundred percent not what Psalm 91 is all about.
Psalm 91 is about those who choose to dwell with God, who choose to rest in Him, who choose to declare that they are trusting in God because they love Him, and it is because of that love that they are saved – not because they are simply taking advantage of some form if heavenly insurance policy. That is the difference.
We have not seen the effect and the cause, but what does this all mean? What is The Meaning?
Disappointment is a terrible thing. It can crush our spirits and leave us so deflated that we struggle to recover – especially if we were really counting on the thing that disappointed us.
On 24th February, an event called the ‘Willy Wonka Experience’ – based on the much beloved tale by Roald Dahl – opened in Glasgow, Scotland. Parents were promised an unparalleled children’s entertainment experience. What they got was a sparsely decorated warehouse, some poorly prepared actors who didn’t know what they were doing and some seriously upset children.
The whole event had been a terrible con.
That is how some people might see Psalm 91. Yes, it’s beautiful. Yes, it’s encouraging. Yes, it’s inspiring. But there are a great many people right now – some of them Christians – who are not experiencing it. They might feel like they are caught in a fowler’s snare, or suffering from a deadly pestilence,. They may feel afraid or apprehensive. They may feel like they are being punished. They may even feel like disaster is close for them.
Instead of Psalm 91, they may feel like these words are more true of them:
1 Corinthians 4:11-13 NIVUK
[11] To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. [12] We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; [13] when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world – right up to this moment. https://bible.com/bible/113/1co.4.11-13.NIVUK
What about them?
How does Psalm fit with the suffering, the sick, the persecuted, the dying believer?
What does it say to them?
Because this is the path that so many of our great, respected predecessors in Christ had to walk.
In interpreting this Psalm, we must be mindful of one very important fact: satan knows about this Psalm and is not afraid to use it. He used it to try to convince Jesus to carry out an act of reckless self-destruction (Matthew 4:5-7; Luke 4:9-12).
We must be absolutely clear on this: he can and will use it to destroy us too.
Firstly, we need to understand what it does not teach.
It does not teach that Christians will live a life without threats or dangers. Read through this Psalm. Look at the dangers the Psalmist lists. He does not teach us that they will be absent. He teaches us to respect them, but face them without fear.
It also does not teach that we can live however we want and expect God to run to the rescue each time we mess up. This Psalm is conditioned. Its blessings are not universal. In verse 1, it says, ‘Whoever dwells... will rest...’. In verse 9, it says, ‘If you say...’. In verse 14, it says ‘Because he loves me...’
So the conditions to receive the blessings in this Psalm are that we should dwell with God, coming under His lordship and protection, own Him before other people (Matthew 10:22-23; Luke 12:8-9) and love God. This is in no way a free insurance policy for all who call upon it. It is instead the benefits we gain when we are faithful to God and love Him.
So to gain the benefits of this Psalm, we must make sure that we are dwelling with God and taking refuge in Him.
Thirdly – and this should be obvious – it does not teach that a Christian can live their lives recklessly, safe in the illusion that they are immortal until God calls them home. There are churches in the USA that take this Psalm literally. They have a snake pit in the rear of the church and church members take their turns to walk across the pit barefoot.
This is, of course, nonsense. Psalms are poetry. Poetry takes licence occasionally. Verse 13 is an image of how we live fearlessly in the face of serious and dangerous threats, not an invitation to tread on venomous snakes or pull the tails of hungry lions.
Christians are not to live their lives as extreme sports enthusiasts. We have a purpose to live for, and that purpose should have our attention, not our levels of adrenaline.
Since we understand what this Psalm does not teach, what does it teach?
Firstly, that there are threats in life that we all have to face.
Secondly, that they are dangerous and worthy of our respect.
Thirdly, that they are not worthy of our fear. They should never stop us from doing what God has called us to do.
Fourthly, that these threats may continue to exist throughout our lives.
Fifthly, that there are times when we will face, not fear, but feel these threats, and watch while others succumb to them.
Sixthly, that those times are just a foretaste of the Day when those threats will finally be removed from us.
Seventhly, that we can be hopeful and confident that Day will come, because God has said so, and He cannot lie.
Psalm 91 is a wonderful, joyful Psalm. It is an immensely encouraging Psalm. We might struggle at first if we read these verses and don’t see it happening for us yet.
But one day it will. We can be sure of that.
Three years ago, a woman from London saw some beautiful furniture for her garden at a bargain price online and decided to order them. She was excited on the date they were due to be delivered. But when the parcel arrived, it was much smaller than she expected. The table and chairs were not full sized. They were miniature. For a doll’s house.
She had been tricked.
Many people read these verses and are encouraged and blessed beyond compare – and rightly so.
Others look at these verses and know that they are just not what they are experiencing right now. And they wonder if they are the problem, or if somehow Psalm 91 is not true at all.
They wonder if they have been short-changed.
I am here to tell you today that Psalm 91 is true. One hundred percent true. Its effect of protection and fearlessness in the face of terrible threats is absolutely true and accurate. Its cause of faith and trust in God is proven and works.
But we may not see all the effects now.
Sometimes we will need to pass through a dark night of the soul.
But when we do, Psalm 91 is a vision of the light that lies beyond it.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, thank You for the hope that I have in You, which is so beautifully described in Psalm 91. Help me today to understand it and to be unmoved in my hope for it, even if it isn’t happening for me right now. Amen.
Questions
1. Why do you think the devil tempted Jesus with Psalm 91? Does he do the same to us? How?
2. What are the effects of faith in God and trust in Him?
3. What is the cause of this? How do we ensure that, at least someday, we will get to experience the full blessings of this Psalm?
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