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Psalm 31

Psa. 31:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt hide
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
them in the secret
cether (Hebrew #5643)
from 5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, X disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: say'-ther
Origin: or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32:38), {sith-raw'}
of thy presence
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
from the pride
rokec (Hebrew #7407)
a snare (as of tied meshes)
KJV usage: pride.
Pronounce: ro'-kes
Origin: from 7405
of man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
: thou shaltt keep them secretly
tsaphan (Hebrew #6845)
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV usage: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: tsaw-fan'
Origin: a primitive root
in a pavilion
cukkah (Hebrew #5521)
a hut or lair
KJV usage: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: sook-kaw'
Origin: fem of 5520
from the strife
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
of tongues
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
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Job 5:21• 21In the scourge of the tongue thou art hidden,{HR}And fearest not destruction when it cometh; (Job 5:21)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 27:5• 5For he will hide me in his tabernacle in the day of evil;{HR}In the secret place of his tent will he hide me;{HR}He will set me upon a rock. (Psa. 27:5)
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Psa. 32:7• 7Thou [art] a hiding-place for me;{HR}Thou preservest me from distress,{HR}Thou surroundest me with shouts of deliverance. Selah. (Psa. 32:7)
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Psa. 64:2• 2Thou wilt hide me from the secret of evil-doers,{HR}From the tumult of workers of iniquity, (Psa. 64:2)
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Psa. 91:1‑4• 1He that dwelleth in covert of the Most High{HR}Abideth in the shadow of the Almighty.
 2I will say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress, my God;{HR}I will confide in him.
 3Surely {i}he{/i} shall deliver thee from the fowler's snare,{HR}From mischiefs' plague.
 4With his feathers will he cover thee,{HR}And under his wings shalt thou trust:{HR}A shield and buckler [is] his truth. (Psa. 91:1‑4)
from.
Psa. 10:2• 2In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised. (Psa. 10:2)
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Psa. 36:11• 11The foot of pride shall not come to me,{HR}And let not the hand of the wicked move me. (Psa. 36:11)
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Psa. 40:4• 4Blessed the man who hath made Jehovah his trust,{HR}And hath not turned round to the proud{HR}And those who swerve to falsehood. (Psa. 40:4)
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Psa. 86:14• 14O God, proud men rise against me,{HR}And an assembly of violent [men] sought my soul{HR}And set thee not before them. (Psa. 86:14)
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Psa. 124:5• 5Then had passed over our soul the proud waters. (Psa. 124:5)
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Psa. 140:5• 5Proud ones hid a snare for me, and cords;{HR}They spread a net by the way-side (hand);{HR}Traps they set for me, Selah. (Psa. 140:5)
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Ex. 18:11• 11{i}Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.{/i} (Ex. 18:11)
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James 4:6• 6But he giveth more grace; wherefore he saith, God setteth himself against haughty [men], but giveth grace to lowly. (James 4:6)
the strife.
Psa. 64:2‑4• 2Thou wilt hide me from the secret of evil-doers,{HR}From the tumult of workers of iniquity,
 3Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word,
 4To shoot in the secret places at the perfect;{HR}Suddenly they shoot [at him] and fear not. (Psa. 64:2‑4)
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Psa. 140:3• 3They whet their tongue like a serpent:{HR}Adder's poison [is] under their lips, Selah. (Psa. 140:3)
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Job 5:21• 21In the scourge of the tongue thou art hidden,{HR}And fearest not destruction when it cometh; (Job 5:21)
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Rom. 13:13• 13As in daylight, let us walk becomingly, not in revels and drunkenness, not in chambering and indecency, not in strife and envy; (Rom. 13:13)
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2 Cor. 12:20• 20For I fear lest by any means on coming I find you not such as I wish, and I be found by you such as ye wish not; lest by any means [there be] strife, jealousy, wraths, feuds, slanderings, whisperings, swellings, confusions; (2 Cor. 12:20)
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Gal. 5:20• 20idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties, (Gal. 5:20)
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1 Tim. 6:4• 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questionings and word-disputes, out of which cometh envy, strife, revilings, evil suspicions, (1 Tim. 6:4)
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James 3:5‑6,14‑16• 5So also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. See how large a wood how little a fire kindleth!
 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna.
 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed. (James 3:5‑6,14‑16)
• Yet, whatever the outward circumstances, God can keep His people in the secret of His presence and preserve them. (“Psalm 31” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidestd them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 83.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the plots of man,{HR}Thou concealest them in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues.