Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 27:5

"For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock." — Psalms 27:5 (ASV)

Pavilion. — A booth or hut; also of the lair of wild beasts (Psalms 10:9; Jeremiah 25:38). (Compare to Job 38:40.)

Secret of his tabernacle. — Better, hiding place of his tent (ôhel), the regular word for the tent of the congregation, but also used generally of a habitation of any kind—not necessarily of the tent set up for the ark by David at Zion (2 Samuel 6:17). The clause, He shall set me up upon a rock—that is, for safety—shows that the tent is also used figuratively for shelter; but there may also be a thought of the sure asylum to be found in the tabernacle of the congregation.