Commanding His angels

“For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Psalm 91:11-12
If this verse sounds familiar, it’s possibly because Satan used it when he was tempting Jesus in the wilderness (Matt. 4:6). There, he suggested that Jesus could throw Himself off the top of the temple, and would come to no harm because the Scriptures promised that angels would protect Him. Jesus replied with Deut. 6:16 – “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” (Matt. 4:7).
The context of this verse, in the rest of Psalm 91, is that if we stay close to God, He will protect us from outside harm. It does not mean that we can live recklessly, and expect God to pick up the pieces. That, Jesus says, is putting God to the test. We are not to endanger ourselves unnecessarily. But it is comforting to know that if we end up in peril by accident, God has promised that His angels will protect us.