Psalms 31:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָ֤ה רַֽב־טוּבְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁר־צָפַ֢נְתָּ לִּֽירֵ֫אֶ֥יךָ פָּ֭עַלְתָּ לַחֹסִ֣ים בָּ֑ךְ נֶ֝֗גֶד בְּנֵ֣י אָדָם׃

Transliteration

How rab-ṭûbəkā which-ṣāpantā to-yîrēʾêkā; pāʿaltā to-the-ḥōsîm in-you before bənê ʾādām

Grammar Details

*rab*: adjective, masculine singular - great/much
*ṭûbəkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your goodness
*ṣāpantā*: verb, perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have stored up
*yîrēʾêkā*: verb, participle masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - those fearing you
*pāʿaltā*: verb, perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have worked/done
*ḥōsîm*: verb, participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones taking refuge
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - mankind/Adam

Word Meanings

*rab*: great/abundant/much
*ṭûbəkā*: your goodness/benefit/blessing
*ṣāpantā*: stored up/treasured/hidden
*yîrēʾêkā*: those who fear you/revere you/respect you
*pāʿaltā*: worked/done/accomplished
*ḥōsîm*: those taking refuge/seeking shelter/trusting

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
Ps 32:7 : 7 Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {H5542}
Job 5:21 : 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Ps 10:2 : 2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof {G1537} cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ps 64:2-4 : 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
Ps 91:1-4 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust. 3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Ps 124:5 : 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
Jas 3:5-6 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
Gal 5:20 : 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

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