John Trapp on Psalms 31:20

Verſ. 20. Thou ſhalt hide them in the ſecret of thy preſence] In the golden cabinet of thy gracious providence, where they ſhall bee as ſafe as if they were in Heaven.

Thou ſhalt keep them ſecretly in a Pavilion] A kind of ſpeech taken from Princes retiring-roomes, and withdrawing-chambers, which are ſacred places.Diodat[illegible: 2 letters]

From the ſtrife of tongues] From the Calumnies and contumelies of graceleſs tongue-ſmiters. The Arabick rendreth it, from the inſurrection of Tongues. Sedition is firſt in the tongue and then in the hand; an unruly tongue ſetteth on fire, Jam. 3. But the Saints have a promiſe, that as no Weapon formed againſt them ſhall proſper; ſo every tongue that riſeth againſt them in judgement ſhall be condemned, Iſa. 54.17.