18 Let the lying lips be made dumb, which cruelly, proudly, and spitefully speak against the righteous.

19 How great is thy goodness, which thou [a]hast laid up for them that fear thee! and done to them that trust in thee, even before the sons of men!

20 Thou dost hide them [b][c]privily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:19 The treasures of God’s mercy are always laid up in store for his children, albeit at all times they do not enjoy them.
  2. Psalm 31:20 Hebrew, in the secret of thy face.
  3. Psalm 31:20 That is, in a place where they shall have thy comfort, and be hid safely from the enemies’ pride.

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