Wing of the Temple
Structure of Psalm 91, with comments on Matthew 4:6
For the tools to make sense of the parsing below, get the Bible Matrix books. Book 1 describes the sevenfold Creation pattern. Book 2 describes the fivefold Covenant pattern from which the sevenfold pattern is derived (and how both of them are derived from the threefold Trinity).
T R A N S C E N D E N C E
He who dwells (Sabbath/Creation – Day 1)
in the covering/shelter/disguise (Passover/Division – Day 2)
of the Most High, (Firstfruits/Ascension – Day 3)
who under the shade of the Almighty/Day abides (Pentecost/Testing – Day 4)
will say of the Lord, (Trumpets/Maturity – Day 5)
“He is my refuge and my fortress; (Atonement/Conquest – Day 6)
My God, in Him I will trust.” (Booths/Glorification – Day 7)
Strangely, the RSV does a better job of the flow on this one than the NKJV or ESV. Here is where literary structure helps translation of Hebrew! Line 5 does not begin a new sentence.
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