Psalms 27:5

Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, 1 Even to the works of his hands, 1 Thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up. 1

Updated 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, 1 And according to the wickedness of their devices: 1 Give them according to the works of their hands; 1 Render their recompense unto them. 1

6Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition. 1

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Cross References

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

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

Psalms 32:7Who gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; 1 Who lays up the deeps in treasuries. 1

Psalms 40:3May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, 1 And not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. 1

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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