Psalm 31:20
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
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,...
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
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)
Study H3956 →גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Study H1347 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →פָּנִים pânîym
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.)
Study H6440 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
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)
Study H376 →Cross References
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.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings...
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
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