translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . In this psalm an individual (perhaps a priest) addresses one who has sought shelter in the Lord and assures him that God will protect him from danger (vv. 1-13 ). In vv. 14-16 God himself promises to keep his loyal follower safe.


text: The Lord is compared here to a bird who protects its young under the shadow of its wings (see v. 4 ).


text: As in Deut 32:23-24 , vv. 5-6 closely associate military attack and deadly disease. Perhaps the latter alludes to one of the effects of siege warfare on the population of an entrapped city, which was especially vulnerable to the outbreak of epidemics.