Psalms 91:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Thou... my. — The difficulty of the change of person is avoided by the Authorised Version, but only with violence to the text, which runs, “For thou, Jehovah, my refuge; thou hast made the Most High thy habitation.” It is best to take the first line as a kind of under-soliloquy. The poet is assuring himself of the protection which will be afforded one who trusts in God; and he interrupts his soliloquy, as it were, with a comment upon it: “Yes, this is true of myself, for Thou Jehovah art indeed my refuge.” (For the Most High as a dwelling place, see Psalms 90:1.)

Psalms 91:9

9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;