Psalms 27:5

_FOR IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE HE SHALL HIDE ME IN HIS PAVILION: IN THE SECRET OF HIS TABERNACLE SHALL HE HIDE ME; HE SHALL SET ME UP UPON A ROCK._ For in the time of trouble - the reason why the one thing which he desires is to dwell spiritually in the house of the Lord (Psalms 27:4), because this includes all other things, and among them safety from all evil. IN THE SECRET OF - in the innermost shrine, the surest asylum, shall He hide me (1 Kings 2:28). So He hid Moses in the secret of His tabernacle, when the people would have stoned him (Numbers 14:10). The term "tabernacle" proves that the psalm was written before the time of Solomon, when the temple was built. Compare...

5._For he shall hide me in his tent. _Here the Psalmist promises himself that his prayer would not be in vain. Although he is deprived of the visible sanctuary for a time, he doubts not that, wherever he may be, he shall experience the protecting power of God. And he alludes to the temple, because it was a symbol to the faithful of the divine presence; as if he had said, that in making the request which he mentioned he by no means lost his labor; for every one who shall seek God sincerely, and with a pure heart, shall be safely concealed under the wings of his protection. The figure of the temple, he therefore affirms, was not an unmeaning one, for there God, so to speak, spread forth his wings to gather true believers under his protection. From this he concludes, that as he had no greater desire than to flee for refuge under these wings, there would be a shelter ready for him in times o...

1-6 The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power, his promise, his readiness to hear prayer, the witness of his Spirit in the hearts of his people; these are the secret of his tabernacle, and in these the saints find cause for that holy security and peace of mind in which they dwell at ease. The psalmist prays for constant communion with God in holy ordinances. All God's children desire to dwell in their Father's house. Not to sojourn there as a wayfaring man, to tarry but for a night; or to dwell there for a time only, as the servant that abides not in the house for ever; but to dwell there all the days of their life, as children with a father. Do we hope that the praising of God will be the blessedness of our eternity? Surely then we ough...

Verse Psalms 27:5. _HE SHALL HIDE ME IN HIS PAVILION_] בסכה _besuccoh, in his_ _tabernacle_. I would make his temple my residence; I would dwell with God, and be in continual safety. _Pavilion_ comes from _papilio_ and παπιλιων, a _butterfly_. It signifies a _tent_ made of cloth stretched out on poles, which in form resembles in some measure the insect above named. _IN THE SECRET OF HIS TABERNACLE_] Were there no other place, he would put me in the _holy of holies_, so that an enemy would not dare to approach me. _HE SHALL SET ME UPON A ROCK._] He shall so _strengthen_ and _establish_ me, that my enemies shall not be able to prevail against me. He shall hide me where they cannot find me, or put me out of the reach of the fiery darts of the wicked. He who lives _nearest to God_ suffe

FOR IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE - When I am surrounded by dangers, or when affliction comes upon me. HE SHALL HIDE ME - The word used here means to hide; to secrete; and then, to defend or protect. It would properly be applied to one who had fled from oppression, or from any impending evil, and who should be “secreted” in a house or cavern, and thus rendered safe from pursuers, or from the threatening evil. IN HIS PAVILION - The word “pavilion” means “tent” or “tabernacle.” The Hebrew word - סכה _sukâh_ - means properly a booth, hut, or cot formed of green branches interwoven: Jonah 4:5; Job 27:18; see the notes at...

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of those which have been called "composite"; and certainly it falls into two parts which offer the strongest possible contrast the one to the other. Part 1. (Psalms 27:1) is altogether joyous and jubilant. It records, as has been said, "the triumph of a warrior's faith." Part 2. (Psalms 27:7) is sad and plaintive. It pleads for mercy and forgiveness (Psalms 27:8). It complains of desertion (Psalms 27:10), calumny (Psalms 27:12), and imminent danger ...

FOR IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE HE SHALL HIDE ME IN HIS PAVILION,.... This, with what follows, is given as a reason why the psalmist desired to dwell in the house of the Lord; because he considered it as a pavilion or booth, as the word h signifies in which he should be hid by the Lord, in times of trouble and distress, either through the heat of persecution, or of inward anxiety of mind, caused by the working of a fiery law; the allusion being, as some think, to the shepherd's tent or booth, into which he sometimes takes a poor sheep, and protects it from the scorching heat of the sun at noon: and of such use is the tabernacle of the Lord; see Isaiah 4:6; IN THE SECRET OF HIS TABERNACLE SHALL HE HIDE ME; alluding either to the tents of generals of armies, who receive into them those whom they would protect from the insults and injuries of others; or rather to the most holy place in

Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my tight and my salvation; whom shall I fear?_ If a man has a light that can never go out, a sun which will never set, and a salvation which must always save, and God is all that and more to everyone who trusts him, then what ground has he for fear Psalms 27:1. _The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?_ If I live in him, and he lives in me, who can kill me? Who can hurt me? If he is my strength, what duty will be impossible? What suffering will crush me? «Of whom shall I be afraid?» Psalms 27:2. _When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell._ They were

Psalms 27 Holy Longings and Anticipations _ 1. Confidence in the Lord (Psalms 27:1)_ 2. Longings and anticipations (Psalms 27:4) 3. Earnest prayer in trial and trust in the Lord (Psalms 27:7) Psalms 27:1. This Psalm leads us deeper. We repeat that primarily it is a rehearsal of David's experience, perhaps at the time of Absalom's rebellion. Here faith breaks through in triumph, with deep longings for the house of the Lord and for His presence, which is followed by a description of the trials through which the godly Israelites wi

XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7 the poet is in grievous affliction and implores Yahweh's help. PSALMS 27:10. Read _mg._...