Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 31:20
The same thought as in Psalms 27:5. Even a desert tent may be a protection if its owner is powerful. Secret] RV 'covert.'
Pride] RV 'plottings.'
The same thought as in Psalms 27:5. Even a desert tent may be a protection if its owner is powerful. Secret] RV 'covert.'
Pride] RV 'plottings.'
Verse Psalms 31:20. _THOU SHALT HIDE THEM IN THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE_] בסתר פניך _besether paneycha_, "With the covering of thy countenance." Their life shall be so hidden with Christ in God, that...
THOU SHALT HIDE THEM IN THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE - See the notes at Psalms 27:5. The phrase “secret of thy presence” means thy “secret presence.” The Hebrew is: “the secret of thy face;” and the ide...
Psalms 31 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory _ 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1)_ 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19)...
XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. PSALMS 31:1_ A_. Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 71:1. Psalm...
PRIDE. conspiracy. MAN. Hebrew. _'Ish._ App-14. PAVILION. booth, or tent....
God's goodness to those who fear Him is like an inexhaustible treasure stored up, and at the proper time brought out and used for _them that take refuge_(as Psalms 31:1) in Him; and this publicly in t...
Thou shalt hide them In the hiding-place of thy presence from the plottings of man: Thou shalt conceal them In a pavilion from the strife of tongues. With the whole verse cp. Psalms 27:5; but _the h...
Can the author of this serenely joyous thanksgiving be the despised and downcast sufferer of Psalms 31:9? If so, it was surely not at the same moment. An interval has elapsed; his prayer has been answ...
PSALMS 31 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Fellowship in Suffering and Salvation. ANALYSIS Stanzas I., and II, Psalms 31:1-8, Suffering, caused chiefly by enemies, some of them Idolatrous, Overcome by Steadfast F...
_THOU SHALT HIDE THEM IN THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE FROM THE PRIDE OF MAN: THOU SHALT KEEP THEM SECRETLY IN A_ _ PAVILION FROM THE STRIFE OF TONGUES._ Thou shalt hide ... pride of man - (Psalms 27:5;...
31:20 hidest (d-17) See Psalms 83:3 ....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE. — Better, _in the hiding-place of thy countenance,_ a beautiful thought and common in the Psalms, although expressed by different images. In Psalms 27:5, “the hiding-place...
_[Psalms 31:21]_ תַּסְתִּירֵ֤ם ׀ בְּ סֵ֥תֶר פָּנֶיךָ֮ מֵֽ...
Psalms 31:1 THE swift transitions of feeling in this psalm may seem strange to colder natures whose lives run smoothly, but reveal a brother-soul to those who have known what it is to ride on the top...
JEHOVAH PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL Psalms 31:14 What a change ensues in the spirit of our life when we look from men and things to God! Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumstances thr...
In this great song of trust struggling through tears to triumph, we have a fine example of an experience often repeated in the history of the children of faith. There are three divisions. In the first...
These words seem to speak the security of the church, in the chambers of the everlasting covenant, into which she is invited to enter in times of trouble. There is laid up, and there will be brought f...
_GOD’S PROMISE_ ‘Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence.’ Psalms 31:20 In the thick of human intercourse, amidst the shock and conflicts of human change, under the hot glare of human obs...
20._Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy countenance. _In this verse the Psalmist specially commends the grace of God, because it preserves and protects the faithful against all harm. As Satan as...
Psalms 31 is a proof how Jesus could use devout and holy expressions of a psalm, and indeed pass through all in spirit, without its having a literal application to Him. Here is found the expression He...
THOU SHALL HIDE THEM IN THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE,.... That is, those that fear the Lord and trust in him; and therefore they are called his "hidden ones", Psalms 83:3; these the Lord preserves in ti...
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Ver. 20. _Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy p...
_Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence_ Or, _as in the secret of thy presence:_ either, 1st, As if they were in thy presence- chamber, where thine own eye and hand guard them from all the...
Thou shalt hide them, the believers, IN THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE, in the protection which His face affords, FROM THE PRIDE OF MAN, from the conspiracies of the wicked, concealing them as with a scre...
CONFIDENCE AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH...
19-24 Instead of yielding to impatience or despondency under our troubles, we should turn our thoughts to the goodness of the Lord towards those who fear and trust in Him. All comes to sinners throug...
IN THE SECRET OF THY PRESENCE; or as in the secret of thy presence either, 1. As if they were in thy presence-chamber, where thine own eye and hand guardeth them from all the assaults of their enemie...
Psalms 31:20 hide H5641 (H8686) secret H5643 presence H6440 plots H7407 man H376 secretly H6845 (H8799) pavilion...
‘Oh how great is your goodness, Which you have laid up for those who fear you, Which you have wrought for those who take refuge in you, Before the sons of men!' In the covert of your presence will...
Psalms 31:20 By "the pride of man" and "the strife of tongues" we may understand the whole of that cruel and disturbing interference of one man's life with another's which may take such an endless va...
Psalms 31:1. _In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;_ This is a good beginning; this is the fulcrum which will give us the necessary leverage for lifting any weight of sorrow or trouble that may be burd...
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This Psalm was meant to be sung, therefore it was dedicated to the chief musician; yet it is a Psalm of which at least half is very sorrowful. All our hymns we...
Psalms 31:1. _In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;_ Can we say as much as that? However else this Psalm of David may end, it strikes a grand key-note, that which should be the first indication of our...
CONTENTS: David implores God's help against enemies and extols God for his preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: All our affairs are safe in Jehovah's hands; without reservation therefor...
Psalms 31:5. _Into thine hand I commit my spirit,_ the words which our Saviour used on the cross, and the words which St. Stephen used the moment before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; and...
_Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence._ HID IN LIGHT The word rendered “presence” is literally “face,” and the force of this very remarkable expression of confidence is considerably ma...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:1. This is a lament seeking God’s help amid persecution (vv. Psalms 31:4,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:19 The God who has made promises and who has kept them in the past will continue to do both. On v. Psalms 31:24, see...
INTRODUCTION A psalm, in which the psalmist rises by prayer, from trouble, to lively faith and hope in God. The older interpreters founding on the use of the same word in Psalms 31:2 (Heb.), and 1 Sam...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is, in the main, a cry for deliverance out of pressing danger and trouble; but it is interspersed with passages of a more cheerful tone, expressive of faith and confidence (Psalm...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 31:1-24. This thirty-first psalm is actually divided into three sections. The first one covering the first eight verses, the second one covering verses Psalms 31...
1 Timothy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Exodus 18:11; Galatians 5:20;...
The secret — Or, as in the secret of thy presence: either, As if they were in thy presence chamber, where thine own eye and hand girdeth them, from all the assaults of their enemies; called his secret...