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Psalms 31:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 31:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 31:2012 words
HebrewMeaning
מָ֤הmāh
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
רַֽבrab
greatadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
טוּבְ/ךָ֮ṭwbəkā
is goodness yournounH2898
gladness · good(-ness · thing · -s) ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
צָפַ֪נְתָּṣāpanətā
you have stored upverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
לִּֽ/ירֵ֫אֶ֥י/ךָliyrēʾeykā
for those fearing youpronH3373
fear
פָּ֭עַלְתָּpāʿalətā
which you have doneverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
לַ/חֹסִ֣יםlaḥōsiym
for those who take refugepronH2620
make refuge · trust
בָּ֑/ךְbākə
pron
נֶ֝֗גֶדneged
beforepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 31:20

To the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy. 1. To the end a Psalm of David Himself, the Mediator strong of hand in persecutions. For the word ecstasy, which is added to the title, signifies a transport of the mind, which is produced either by a panic, or by some revelation. But in this Psalm the panic of the people of God troubled by the persecution of all the heathen, and by the failing of faith throughout the world, is principally seen. But first the Mediator Himself…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 31
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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