Psalm 31:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Common English Bible

²⁰ You hide them in the shelter of your wings, safe from human scheming. You conceal them in a shelter, safe from accusing tongues.

Psalm 31:20 Cross References

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Psalm 103:11

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Psalm 119:124

Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.

Psalm 124:5

then over us would have gone the raging waters.

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a snake’s, and under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

Psalm 2:12

kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 27:5

For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.

Psalm 32:7

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 36:11

Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me or the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.

Psalm 36:8

They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Psalm 40:4

Happy are those who make the Lord their trust, who do not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods.

Psalm 57:11

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 86:14

O God, the insolent rise up against me; a band of ruffians seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.”

Romans 13:13

let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,

1 Timothy 6:4

is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,

James 4:6

But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”