Psalms 91:12 (DBY)

Passage

They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Nearby Context

Psalms 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

Psalms 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways:

Psalms 91:12 They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Psalms 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

Psalms 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "bear", "thee", "hands", "lest", "thou", "dash", and "foot". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "bear", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For he shall give his angels charge..." into verse 13's "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and...", so "shall" and "bear" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "bear" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.