HE WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DEADLY PESTILENCE: THE MANY LIVES OF PSALM 91. By PhilipJenkins. Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 243. $40.99.

This “biography” of Psalm 91, written by a Baylor University religious historian, surveys the ways this influential psalm has been interpreted from its origins in ancient Israel to its use in the contemporary Global South. This “song of evil spirits” or alternatively “the Protection Psalm” was quoted by Satan in the NT, used for magical purposes at other times, and read more recently in light of the global pandemic. Jenkins sees the various understandings of Psalm 91 across time as a history of crucial themes in Christianity and Judaism. The psalm's language around evil and plagues seem to be particularly intriguing for interpreters. Biblical scholars interested in psalms studies as well as the reception history of the Bible will be particularly interested in this volume and its endnotes.