Psalm 91:7
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 91Meaning
Within “Protection from surrounding dangers,” verse 7 pictures devastation nearby without making the faithful person's security dependent on controlling circumstances; this detail advances the unit's argument and should not be detached from the whole psalm.
Read carefully
Read Psalm 91:7 inside its literary unit and the movement of Psalm 91; its imagery and claims are constrained by that context.
Reflection
Respond to the verse's specific emphasis — pictures devastation nearby without making the faithful person's security dependent on controlling circumstances — while reading it together with the surrounding lines of Psalm 91.