John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 91:10

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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There shall no evil befall thee, etc.] The evil of sin cleaves to the best of saints, the evil of temptations besets them, and the evil of afflictions comes upon them, as chastisements from the Lord; for they must expect to receive evil, in this sense, as well as good, from his hands; but the evil of punishment never touches them; and therefore, when any public calamity befalls them in common with others, yet not as an evil of punishment; it is not an evil to them, it is for their good: neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling; how should it, when they dwell in God, and have made him, the most High, their habitation f1324; (<199101>Psalm 91:1,9) otherwise it may come nigh their temporal dwellings; (see Gill on “<199107>Psalm 91:7”) though it may not enter into them; and, should it, yet not as an evil, or by way of punishment; (see <200333>Proverbs 3:33).

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