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Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
5For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
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The secret place and the raised rock picture two kinds of safety, shelter and height, while the day of trouble remains part of the scene.
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Psalm 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.Both passages describe a secret place with God, where the person who seeks him finds shelter.
Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.Both passages picture hiding during danger, with Isaiah telling God's people to enter their rooms until indignation passes.
Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.Both use the phrase “in the day of trouble” and locate refuge in the LORD.
Proverbs 18:10The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.The raised rock and the strong tower both picture safety found in the LORD.
Psalm 31:20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.Both describe God hiding people in his shelter, with Psalm 31 naming human plotting and hostile speech as threats.
Psalm 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.Both describe God as a hiding place who preserves the speaker amid trouble.
Psalm 138:7Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.Both express confidence in God's protection while trouble and enemies remain part of the speaker's circumstances.
Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.Both speak of being hidden with God; Colossians speaks of the believer's life hidden with Christ in God.
Matthew 7:24–25“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.Both use a rock as an image of security, though Matthew connects it with hearing and doing Jesus' words.
Isaiah 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.Both use a hiding place and a rock to picture protection, with Isaiah describing shelter from wind and heat.
Proverbs 1:24–28Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;The connection is slight: Psalm 27 expresses trust in God's shelter, while Proverbs describes people refusing wisdom's call.
Isaiah 4:5–6The LORD will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for …Both describe shelter associated with God's dwelling, through the psalm's pavilion and Isaiah's canopy over Mount Zion.
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The confidence here leaves room for the cry for mercy that follows. You do not have to pretend trouble is small; the shelter David trusts belongs to God.
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