They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone - namely, a stone of stumbling, or a danger such as meets the man of God in his course through life, without his seeking it, or running rashly and presumptuously into it. So the passage derived from this one, Proverbs 3:23, "Then (if thou keep the fear of the Lord, which is wisdom) shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble." The tempter suppressed this important qualification of the promise; Satan also omitted "in all thy ways." If the believer goes out of his way to brave a danger uncalled by duty, he cannot look for God's protection (Matthew 4:6). He is "tempting the lord" - i:e., needlessly testing God's power and faithfulness, as Israel "tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?" (Exodus 17:7.) "All Christ's ways," as man (who is primarily meant here), were those of implicit reverent faith, and filial dependence on God; therefore in His case "all His ways" are tantamount to all right ways; and so God's angels always kept Him "in all His ways."