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Psalm 91:11

The New Testament’s use of Psalm

2 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Allusion1

A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.

Matt 18:10-11

'Their angels always see the face of my Father' presumes the guardian-angel motif of 'he will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.'

Medium confidence

Echo1

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Heb 1:14

‘Sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation’ recalls the protective, ministering commission of angels in Ps 91:11. A faint thematic echo of the angels-serve-the-faithful motif; no verbal volume, included for the maximal inventory.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Psalm 91
Psalm 91:3 3Psalm 91:4 2Psalm 91:11-12 2Psalm 91:13 4