The Meaning of Psalms 91:14 Explained

Psalms 91:14

KJV: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

YLT: Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

Darby: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

ASV: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Because he hath set his love  upon me, therefore will I deliver  him: I will set him on high,  because he hath known  my name. 

What does Psalms 91:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 91:1-16 - Security In Trusting The Lord
In harmony with the new light cast upon it by the Revised Version, this psalm has been divided as follows: Psalms 91:1-2, a soliloquy in which the believer states the blessedness of dwelling under God's sheltering care, and encourages his heart to exercise personal faith; Psalms 91:3-8, the assurance of a chorus of voices, which emphasize the safety of those who believe; Psalms 91:9 a, an exclamation in which the believer again expresses his resolve to exercise this personal faith; Psalms 91:9 b-13, the second assurance of a chorus of reassuring voices; Psalms 91:14-16, God's ratification of the whole attitude and expressions of the psalmist and his friends.
The psalm abounds in metaphors familiar to the East: the lion with its roar and leap in the open; the adder with its stealthy glide through the grass; the nocturnal assault; the devastating plague; the fowler's snare; the eagle's wing; the transitory tent. This is the traveler's psalm, and may well be read in private or with the family, whenever we are starting on a journey.
But notice the closing, Psalms 91:14-16. Our conceptions of God's care are too narrow. We fail to make enough use of the power, love, and presence of His fatherhood, which is waiting and longing to be called upon. Only we must exercise an appropriating faith. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 91

1  The state of the godly
3  Their safety
9  Their habitation
11  Their servants
14  Their friend; with the effects of them all

What do the individual words in Psalms 91:14 mean?

Because upon Me he has set his love therefore I will deliver him I will set him on high because he has known My name
כִּ֤י בִ֣י חָ֭שַׁק וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ אֲ֝שַׂגְּבֵ֗הוּ כִּֽי־ יָדַ֥ע שְׁמִֽי

כִּ֤י  Because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
בִ֣י  upon  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
חָ֭שַׁק  he  has  set  his  love 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָשַׁק 
Sense: (Qal) to love, be attached to, long for.
וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ  therefore  I  will  deliver  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּלַט  
Sense: to escape, save, deliver, slip away.
אֲ֝שַׂגְּבֵ֗הוּ  I  will  set  him  on  high 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂגַב  
Sense: to be high, be inaccessibly high.
כִּֽי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יָדַ֥ע  he  has  known 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
שְׁמִֽי  My  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.