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For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Psalms 27:5 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
  • NASB For on the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; He will hide me in the secret place of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock.
  • NLT For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.

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Quick answer

In the day of trouble God will hide and shelter him, lifting him up on a rock. God is a secure refuge in times of danger.

Overview

David expresses confidence that God will conceal and protect him in his dwelling during distress, setting him high upon a rock beyond the reach of his enemies. The sanctuary becomes a picture of safe refuge in God himself. This assurance of shelter foreshadows the believer's security in Christ, the Rock on whom they stand secure in every trial.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  • Ps 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
  • Ps 138:7If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
  • Ps 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  • Ps 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
  • Ps 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  • Col 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
  • Ps 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
  • Matt 7:24–25Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Ps 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
  • Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  • Isa 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  • Isa 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
  • Ps 57:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
  • Ps 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 32:6–7Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
  • Prov 1:24–28Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
  • Isa 4:5–6Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
  • Ps 18:33He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
  • Hab 3:18–19yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
  • Neh 6:10–11Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
  • Ps 83:3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
  • Ps 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
  • Ps 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
  • Jer 2:27–28say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
  • 2 Chr 22:12And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
  • Matt 16:16–18Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
  • Matt 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 27:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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