Psalms 27:5

Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompence unto them.

6Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:12And he was with him hid in the house of God six years; and Gotholia reigned over the land.

Psalms 10:1For the end, a Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

Psalms 32:7Who gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; who lays up the deeps in treasuries.

Psalms 40:3May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:2-7

Devout Confidence; Encouragement in Prayers. 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all… Read the whole commentary →

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