SEV Biblia, Chapter 91:6
ni de pestilencia que ande en oscuridad, ni de mortandad que destruya al mediodía.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 90:6
Verse 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. - The rabbins supposed that the empire of death was under two demons, one of which ruled by day, the other by night. The Vulgate and Septuagint have-the noonday devil. The ancients thought that there were some demons who had the power to injure particularly at noonday. To this Theocritus refers, Id. i. ver. 15: - ou qemiv, w poiman, to mesambrinon, ou qemiv ammin surisden ton pana dedoikamev h gar ap agrav tanika kekmakwv ampauetai, enti ge pikrov, kai oi aei drimeia cola poti rini kaqhtai. 'It is not lawful, it is not lawful, O shepherd, to play on the flute at noonday: we fear Pan, who at that hour goes to sleep in order to rest himself after the fatigues of the chase; then he is dangerous, and his wrath easily kindled." Lucan, in the horrible account he gives us of a grove sacred to some barbarous power, worshipped with the most horrid rites, refers to the same superstition: - Lucus erat longo nunquam violatus ab aevo, Non illum cultu populi propiore frequentant, Sed cessere deis: medio cum Phoebus in axe est.
Aut coelum nox atra tenet, pavet ipse sacerdos Accessus, dominumque timet deprendere luci.
LUCAN, lib. iii., ver. 399.
"Not far away, for ages past, had stood An old inviolated sacred wood: The pious worshippers approach not near, But shun their gods, and kneel with distant fear: The priest himself, when, or the day or night Rolling have reached their full meridian height, Refrains the gloomy paths with wary feet, Dreading the demon of the grove to meet; Who, terrible to sight, at that fixed hour Still treads the round about this dreary bower." ROWE.
It has been stated among the heathens that the gods should be worshipped at all times, but the demons should be worshipped at midday: probably because these demons, having been employed during the night, required rest at noonday and that was the most proper time to appease them. See Calmet on this place. Both the Vulgate and Septuagint seem to have reference to this superstition.
The Syriac understands the passage of a pestilential wind, that blows at noonday. Aquila translates, of the bite of the noonday demon.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in his that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. Great security is promised to believers in the midst of danger. Wisdom shall keep them from being afraid without cause, and faith shall keep them from being undul afraid. Whatever is done, our heavenly Father's will is done; and we have no reason to fear. God's people shall see, not only God's promise fulfilled, but his threatenings. Then let sinners come unto the Lor upon his mercy-seat, through the Redeemer's name; and encourage other to trust in him also.
Original Hebrew
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