Psalms 31:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:5 : 5 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.
Ps 32:7 : 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
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 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
1 Tim 6:4 : 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof 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. Selah.
Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove{H8686)} me.
Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is that man that maketh{H8804)} the LORD his trust, and respecteth{H8804)} not the proud, nor such as turn aside{H8802)} to lies.
Ps 64:2-4 : 2 Hide{H8686)} me from the secret counsel of the wicked{H8688)}; from the insurrection of the workers{H8802)} of iniquity: 3 Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen{H8804)} against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought{H8765)} after my soul; and have not set{H8804)} thee before them.
Ps 91:1-4 : 1 He that dwelleth{H8802)} in the secret place of the most High shall abide{H8698)} under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}. 3 Surely he shall deliver{H8686)} thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover{H8686)} thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust{H8799)}: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
Ps 124:5 : 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Jas 3:5-6 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Gal 5:20 : 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

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