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Psalms, Volume 2, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of the Psalms can have the same powerful impact today that it did when they were first written. The majority of Bible commentaries take readers on a one-way trip to the world of the Bible. But they leave them there, assuming that they can somehow make the return journey on their own....

Effectively, Jesus believed the promise of Psalm 91 without requiring proof of its veracity. Accepting the devil’s challenge would imply that Jesus doubted his Father was really present and involved in the undertaking he was about to begin. Knowing his Father as he did, Jesus required no external verification of the reality of God’s presence and help: It is not the content of the devil’s address that is wrong, but his aim is to “tempt God,” and this is not in accordance with the nature of the Son
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