5. This verse gives an excellent reason for the psalmist’s desire after
communion with God, namely, that he was thus secured in the hour of peril. Forin the time of trouble. That needy time, when others forsake me. Heshall hide me in his pavilion. He will give me the best of shelter in the
worst of danger. The royal pavilion was erected in the center of the army, and
around it all the mighty men kept guard at all hours; thus in that divine
sovereignty which almighty power is sworn to maintain, the believer peacefully
is hidden, not by himself furtively, but by the King, who hospitably entertains
him. In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me. Sacrifice aids
sovereignty in screening the elect from harm. No one of old dared to enter the
most holy place on pain of death; and if the Lord has hidden his people there,
what foe shall venture to molest them? He shall set me up upon a rock.
Immutability, eternity, and infinite power here come to the aid of sovereignty
and sacrifice. How blessed is the standing of the man whom God himself sets on
high above his foes, on an impregnable rock which never can be stormed!
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