Psalm 31:20 {30:21}
Good News Translation
You hide them in the safety of your presence from the plots of others; in a safe shelter you hide them from the insults of their enemies.

New Revised Standard Version
In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues.

Contemporary English Version
You are their shelter from harmful plots, and you are their protection from vicious gossip.

New American Bible
You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies. You conceal them in your tent, away from the strife of tongues.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

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Psalm 27:5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

Psalm 32:7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.

Psalm 64:2 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

Psalm 91:1-4 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob. . . .

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Psalm 10:2 Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

Psalm 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.

Psalm 86:14 O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

Psalm 124:5 Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

Psalm 140:5 The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

Exodus 18:11 Now I know, that the Lord is great above all gods; because they dealt proudly against them.

James 4:6 But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

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Psalm 64:2-4 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. . . .

Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips.

Job 5:21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy.

2 Corinthians 12:20 For I fear lest perhaps, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you.

Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,

1 Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and strifes of words; from which arise envies, contentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

James 3:5,6,14-16 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood. . . .

Context
Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit
19O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men. 20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.21Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.…
Cross References
Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.

Psalm 17:9
From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:

Psalm 27:5
For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

Psalm 31:13
For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.

Psalm 32:7
Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.

Psalm 37:12
The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

Psalm 83:3
They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.

Psalm 91:1
The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 119:114
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

Jeremiah 43:10
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will send, and take Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will set his throne over these stones which I have hid, and he shall set his throne over them.

Ezekiel 11:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come.

Psalm 31:19
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