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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.
Psalms 27:5 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • 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.
  • BSB 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.
  • 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 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
  • Ps 31:20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
  • Ps 138:7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
  • Ps 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 50:15Call on 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 hope in your word.
  • Ps 40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
  • Col 3:3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • Ps 17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
  • Matt 7:24–25“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
  • Ps 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
  • Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Isa 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
  • Isa 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
  • Ps 57:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
  • Ps 61:2From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 32:6–7For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
  • Prov 1:24–28Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
  • Isa 4:5–6Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
  • Ps 18:33He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
  • Hab 3:18–19yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
  • Neh 6:10–11I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night will they come to kill you.”
  • Ps 83:3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
  • Ps 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
  • Isa 26:16Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
  • Ps 10:1Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
  • Jer 2:27–28who tell wood, ‘You are my father;’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me:’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us.’
  • 2 Chr 22:12He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
  • Matt 16:16–18Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
  • Matt 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

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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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