Psalm 31:20 (WEB)
In 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.
Fathers and councils · 7
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Hear what the Psalmist says: How great is the multitude of Thy goodness, O Lord!” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
“I cannot measure my love, so that I may come to know how much there is yet wanting in me, ere my life run into Thy embracements, and not be turned away until it be hidden in the secret place of Thy Presence.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 20. “In abscondito vultus tui,” Old Ver. Augustin in his comment on this passage (Enarr. 4, sec. 8) gives us his interpretation. He points out that…
Read the whole comment“…the Son, where “the light of Thy countenance hath been stamped on us, O Lord:” for, “Thou wilt hide them,” saith he, “in the hiding place of Thy countenance.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 20.
Read the whole comment““Thou wilt protect them in Thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues” (ver. 20).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“In Him thou shalt be as it were hid.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 20.
Read the whole comment“And that it may not ever thenceforward suffer wrong, it will be in the hidden place of His presence, filled with so great fullness of Him, that sin thenceforth will never delight it.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 20
Read the whole comment“And temptations molest this temporal life; but they will have no existence when these words shall be fully realized, “Thou shall hide them in the secret of Thy presence.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxi. 20.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.8.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.8.
