The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The song was composed in the wilderness of Paran while fleeing from Saul and feeling insecure, expressing confidence that the Lord would preserve from harm at every hour, protect life, and watch over going out and coming in. It shows that God guards His people continually by day and by night. His watchful care gives confidence to trust His love and to praise Him even in affliction.
The same day-and-night watchcare rests over the whole land under His guidance and blessing. The sun and rain He sent caused the earth to produce her fruits for the harvest gathered from the valleys and plains of Palestine. That harvest included olive berries picked for oil, the yield of the palm, and the purple clusters of the vine trodden in the wine-press. At the closing gathering of the year, the Feast of Tabernacles, the people were to reflect on this continual care as His goodness and mercy.
In the final time of trouble the promise is that God's people may suffer persecution, privation and hunger, yet God will keep them from perishing and preserve them amid famine and pestilence. Angels will shield the righteous and supply their needs, even while the wicked suffer and die from hunger and pestilence. During that time when they fear their enemies will kill them, God's angels guard them so that no enemy can overcome that protection. The promise does not mean freedom from suffering, for they endure distress while God preserves them.
The song was composed in the wilderness of Paran while fleeing from Saul and feeling insecure, expressing confidence that the Lord would preserve from harm at every hour, protect life, and watch over going out and coming in. It shows that God guards His people continually by day and by night. His watchful care gives confidence to trust His love and to praise Him even in affliction.
The same day-and-night watchcare rests over the whole land under His guidance and blessing. The sun and rain He sent caused the earth to produce her fruits for the harvest gathered from the valleys and plains of Palestine. That harvest included olive berries picked for oil, the yield of the palm, and the purple clusters of the vine trodden in the wine-press. At the closing gathering of the year, the Feast of Tabernacles, the people were to reflect on this continual care as His goodness and mercy.
In the final time of trouble the promise is that God's people may suffer persecution, privation and hunger, yet God will keep them from perishing and preserve them amid famine and pestilence. Angels will shield the righteous and supply their needs, even while the wicked suffer and die from hunger and pestilence. During that time when they fear their enemies will kill them, God's angels guard them so that no enemy can overcome that protection. The promise does not mean freedom from suffering, for they endure distress while God preserves them.