SEV Biblia, Chapter 91:13
Sobre el león y el basilisco pisarás; hollarás al cachorro del león, y al dragón.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:13
Verse 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder ] Even the king of the forest shall not be able to injure thee; should one of these attack thee, the angels whom God sends will give thee an easy victory over him. And even the asp, ( tp pethen,) one of the most venomous of serpents, shall not be able to injure thee. The asp is a very small serpent, and peculiar to Egypt and Libya. Its poison kills without the possibility of a remedy. Those who are bitten by it die in about from three to eight hours; and it is said they die by sleep, without any kind of pain. Lord Bacon says the asp is less painful than all the other instruments of death. He supposes it to have an affinity to opium, but to be less disagreeable in its operation. It was probably an this account that Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, chose to die by the asp, as she was determined to prevent the designs of Augustus, who intended to have carried her captive to Rome to grace his triumph.
The dragon shalt thou trample ] The ynt tannin, which we translate dragon, means often any large aquatic animal; and perhaps here the crocodile or alligator.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-16 - Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble an affliction befal, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, thoug for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upo him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer ou of trouble, and in the mean time be with him in trouble. The Lord wil manage all his worldly concerns, and preserve his life on earth, s long as it shall be good for him. For encouragement in this he look unto Jesus. He shall live long enough; till he has done the work he wa sent into this world for, and is ready for heaven. Who would wish to live a day longer than God has some work to do, either by him or upo him? A man may die young, yet be satisfied with living. But a wicke man is not satisfied even with long life. At length the believer' conflict ends; he has done for ever with trouble, sin, and temptation __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
על 5921 שׁחל 7826 ופתן 6620 תדרך 1869 תרמס 7429 כפיר 3715 ותנין׃ 8577
