20 Thou dost hide them [a][b]privily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath showed his marvelous kindness toward me in a [c]strong city.

22 Though I said in mine [d]haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voice of my prayer, when I cried unto thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:20 Hebrew, in the secret of thy face.
  2. Psalm 31:20 That is, in a place where they shall have thy comfort, and be hid safely from the enemies’ pride.
  3. Psalm 31:21 Meaning, there was no city so strong to preserve him, as the defense of God’s favor.
  4. Psalm 31:22 And so by my rashness and infidelity deserved to have been forsaken.

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