Every place the psalms name angels, grouped by what the angels do: guard, pursue, praise and serve.
Angels appear in only a few psalms. The World English Bible names them in nine verses, and the cherubim in three more. The psalms never describe what an angel looks like. They say what angels do: guard, rescue, pursue the wicked, carry out God's word and praise him. One of these lines, Psalm 91:11, is also the one the devil quotes to Jesus in the Gospels.
The verses are grouped by what the angels do in them: guarding, pursuing enemies, praising God, and the lines the New Testament quotes. A last group covers the cherubim and the bread of angels. Tick the verses you want and print them on one sheet.
The verses where angels guard people. The protection is sent by God, and the angels act for him.
For he will put his angels in charge of you,to guard you in all your ways.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. The angels are given a job by God, and the job is guarding.
They will bear you up in their hands,so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
They will bear you up in their hands so you do not dash your foot against a stone. The care is small and close, down to a stumble.
The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him,and delivers them.
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
The LORD's angel encamps around those who fear him. The picture is a camp pitched around someone, and the verse ends with rescue.
In Psalm 34 the LORD's angel guards. In Psalm 35 the LORD's angel is asked to chase enemies instead, and Psalm 78 goes further.
Let them be as chaff before the wind,the LORD’s angel driving them on.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the LORD's angel driving them on. The enemies are pictured as chaff blown away, and the angel does the driving.
Let their way be dark and slippery,the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the LORD's angel pursuing them. The angel here is a pursuer, not a protector.
He threw on them the fierceness of his anger,wrath, indignation, and trouble,and a band of angels of evil.
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
A band of angels of evil, sent in God's anger. The psalm places this among the plagues of Egypt, and the next verses lead to the death of the firstborn.
Angels in the psalms are servants and worshippers. They are told to praise, just as people are.
Praise the LORD, you angels of his,who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,obeying the voice of his word.
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Praise the LORD, you angels of his, mighty in strength, who fulfill his word. The angels are called strong, and the strength is used in obeying.
Praise him, all his angels!Praise him, all his army!
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his army. The psalm starts in the heavens and works down to the earth, and angels come near the top of the list.
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,to be feared above all those who are around him?
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
God is feared in the council of the holy ones. The verse before asks who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, and expects the answer none.
The letter to the Hebrews uses two psalms to compare the Son with the angels.
He makes his messengers winds,and his servants flames of fire.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
He makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire. Hebrews 1:7 quotes it in the form he makes his angels winds, and the KJV reads angels here too.
For you have made him a little lower than the angels,and crowned him with glory and honor.
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Made a little lower than the angels, and crowned with glory and honor. The psalm is about human beings, and Hebrews 2:9 applies it to Jesus.
In the psalms the cherubim are linked with God's throne and his movement. They are mentioned only in passing.
The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble.He sits enthroned among the cherubim.Let the earth be moved.
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
The LORD reigns, enthroned among the cherubim. The cherubim mark the place of his throne.
Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,you who lead Joseph like a flock,you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
The Shepherd of Israel is the one who sits above the cherubim. The psalm asks him to shine out, and the cherubim mark where he is enthroned.
He rode on a cherub, and flew.Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
He rode on a cherub and flew, on the wings of the wind. The heading attributes the psalm to David on the day he was rescued from Saul.
Man ate the bread of angels.He sent them food to the full.
Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
Man ate the bread of angels. The verse before calls it manna and food from the sky, and this line gives it a higher name.
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands.The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
The chariots of God are thousands of thousands. The KJV reads even thousands of angels here, while the WEB does not use the word.
Psalm 91 is the clearest example. Verses 11 and 12 say God will put his angels in charge of you to guard you, and that they will bear you up in their hands. In Matthew 4:6 the devil quotes these two verses to Jesus on the pinnacle of the temple, and Jesus answers in Matthew 4:7 that you shall not test the Lord your God. Psalm 34:7, where the LORD's angel encamps around those who fear him, is the other clear example.
In the World English Bible the word angel or angels appears in nine verses of the psalms, and cherubim in three more. The KJV also reads angels in Psalm 68:17 and Psalm 104:4, which makes eleven.
He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. The KJV reads he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Yes. It says the LORD's angel encamps around those who fear him and delivers them. The heading attributes the psalm to David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech.
Yes. Psalm 103:20 and Psalm 148:2 both call on the angels to praise the LORD, and Psalm 103:20 adds that they fulfill his word.
Psalm 91:11 and Psalm 91:12, in Matthew 4:6 and Luke 4:10 to 11, when the devil tempts Jesus to throw himself from the temple.
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