- Keep
Psalm 91:11j
For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.
What comfort it is to know that my Lord commissions His angels to watch over me and keep me in all my ways. Angels are all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation (Hebrews 1:14). Angels were created to serve me, but only at the direct command of God are they given their mission. When I trust the Lord (make the Lord my dwelling place) I can rest assured that He has commanded His angels to guard me. This is where the unproven, but possible, tradition that God grants every child of God a personal guardian angel at Baptism comes from.
Although I cannot be certain that I have a guardian angel 24/7, I can be certain that God will commission a number of angels to guard me at the right times at His discretion. I can trust Him to know the right angels to send at the right time for the right reason. I am encouraged to, but I do not have to, ask Him for angelic protection when I anticipate a need. I simply make the Lord my dwelling place and then go about my responsibilities without paying attention to the angels who are paying attention to me.
The Devil’s Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness quotes this verse, but it has been said that he omitted the words, “to keep thee in all thy ways,” meaning your ordinary ways of living regular life and not some extraordinary dare to God in order to tempt Him. Do what you always do and God will keep you in your ways.