My secret place — The inner sanctuary, hidden from the multitude, protected by the most high.

My secret place. —The holy of holies, sacredly guarded from all intrusion, and representing the very culmination of both the relig…

Regarding the beginning of the verse, there is no ambiguity, for God pronounces that the Jews would be miserable, because he would avert his fa…

My face will one turn also from them
Deny them his presence, and withdraw his protection from them; show them no fav…

Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin may justly be left to pine away in it.