The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 91:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways (comp. Psalms 34:7). The faithful are under the constant care of angels (Hebrews 1:14), who guide them and direct them perpetually.

Satan made a crafty use of this promise when he tempted our Lord (Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:10, Luke 4:11). No doubt it applies to him pre-eminently, as the specially "Faithful One."

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