Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 31:20

20. 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 .

Or, as in the secret of thy Presence: Either, 1. As if they were in thy presence Chamber, where thine own Eye and Hand guardeth them, from all the assaults of their Enemies, called his secret, Partly, because the greatest part of the World are strangers to God and his Presence: and Partly, because it is a safe and secure place, such as secret and unknown places are. Or, 2. As if they were in the secret of God's Tabernacle, as it is called, Psal. 27. 5. the place of God's special Presence, where none might enter save the High-priest. Or, 3. With thy secret Favour and Providence, which works mightily, yet secretly for them, and saves them by hidden and unknown Methods. This is opposed to those Caves, or other obscure and unsafe places, where David was forced to hide himself.

From their Vain-glorious Boasts and Threats, and from their bold and insolent Attempts.

From their Vain-glorious Boasts and Threats, and from their bold and insolent Attempts.

Or, as in thy Pavilion, or Tabernacle; and so this Clause explains the former, and the Pronoun thy, is here easily, and aptly understood out of the foregoing Branch.

f (i. e.) From the Mischief of Contentious, and standerous Tongues.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word], Or, com [illegible: 1+ letters].; Psal. 27. 5.