Psalm 31:20

20 Nǐ bì bǎ tāmen cáng zaì nǐ miànqián de yǐn mì chù , miǎndé yùjiàn rén de jì móu . nǐ bì ànàn de bǎoshǒu tāmen zaì tíngzi lǐ , miǎn shòu kǒu shé de zhēng nào .

Psalm 31:20 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 31:20

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 times of trouble and danger, and when his indignation is out against others; and so the Targum is, "in the time of thine anger"; see ( Isaiah 26:20 ) ; the presence of God is their protection, he himself is a wall of fire round about them, his favour compasses them as a shield, and they are kept as in a garrison by his power; see ( Psalms 91:1 ) ; and that "from the pride of man", which otherwise would at once oppress, bear them down, and destroy them, ( Psalms 124:1-5 ) ;

thou shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of
tongues;
which areas a sharp sword, and from whence proceed devouring words, such contradiction of sinners as Christ endured; not that the saints are kept free from the reproaches of men, from the lash of their tongues, but from being harmed by them; and sometimes, through the strivings and contentions of men with one another, they privately escape and are preserved, as the Apostle Paul was, ( Acts 23:9 Acts 23:10 ) .

Psalm 31:20 In-Context

18 Nà sā huǎng de rén , chĕng jiāoào qīngmàn , chū kuáng wàng de huà gōngjī yì rén . yuàn tāde zuǐyē ér wú yán .

19 Jìngwèi nǐ tóukào nǐde rén , nǐ wèi tāmen suǒ jīcún de , zaì shìrén miànqián suǒ shīxíng de ēnhuì , shì hédĕng dà ne .

20 Nǐ bì bǎ tāmen cáng zaì nǐ miànqián de yǐn mì chù , miǎndé yùjiàn rén de jì móu . nǐ bì ànàn de bǎoshǒu tāmen zaì tíngzi lǐ , miǎn shòu kǒu shé de zhēng nào .

21 Yēhéhuá shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de . yīnwei tā zaì jiāngù chéng lǐ , xiàng wǒ shīzhǎn qímiào de cíaì .

22 Zhìyú wǒ , wǒ céng jí cù de shuō , wǒ cóng nǐ yǎnqián beì géjué . ránér wǒ hū qiú nǐde shíhou , nǐ réng tīng wǒ kĕnqiú de shēngyīn .