If you've got 24 minutes, instead of reading this post, listen to Christopher Ash's recent sermon on Psalm 91 (preached towards the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Psalm 91 is a striking Psalm to read in days of pandemic: For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. How can that be true? Perhaps a better first question - Who is this true of? Who is the 'you' the Psalm is talking about? Let's look carefully at the different voices: Verse 1 – A voice talks in the third person about ‘he’ who takes refuge in the M...
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