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In the covert of your presence will you hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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God's Presence is Your Shelter
Commentators explain that being hidden "in the secret of thy presence" is a powerful metaphor. It doesn't refer to a physical place but to being brought into intimate closeness with God Himself. His very countenance becomes your "pavilion" or royal tent, a place of ultimate safety and personal protection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You will hide them in the secret of Your presence – See the notes at (Psalms 27:5). The phrase “secret of Your presence…
19th Century
Anglican
The secret of your presence. — Better, in the hiding-place of your countenance, a beautiful thought and common in the Psa…
Baptist
You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues…
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16th Century
Protestant
You shall hide them in the secret of your countenance. In this verse the Psalmist especially commends the grace of God, because it preserv…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall hide them in the secret of your presence That is, those that fear the Lord and trust in him; and therefore…
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…
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