For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Ver. 11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee] This guard of angels, many angels, yea, all, if need be, to secure every poor believer, how meanly soever he thinks of himself, or is esteemed by others, is no small privilege. See Matthew 4:6. See Trapp on " Mat 4:6 "
To keep thee in all thy ways] In all thy lawful and Christian undertakings; for no further doth God or his holy angels take charge of thee. If we keep not within God's precincts, we cannot look for his protection. Wefts and strays fall to the Lord of the soil. The State secureth none that are abroad at undue hours, that travel not between sun and sun. Divines observe, that the devil, citing this text, Matthew 4:6, left out these words on purpose, as not for his purpose; yet doth not our Saviour so much as upbraid him with this mutilation, nor yet tell him of that which followeth, Psalms 91:13, "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder," &c., to teach us, in dealing with an adversary, not to lie at the catch, but answer to the thing, &c.