Psalms 27:5. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.
The pavilion was the many-colored tent of the king, embroidered with needlework, and richly furnished. It was always placed in the center of the encampment, so that, if there were a night attack, the enemy must first break through the ranks of the armed men before reaching the royal pavilion. So, the Christian is put into the very center of the Lord’s host. God’s sovereignty encloses him, and God’s angels surround him; and the enemy must first break through the angelic guard, and overcome all the heavenly powers, before any one believer can be destroyed.
Psalms 27:5. In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
"The secret of his tabernacle" was the Holy of holies, into which no man but the high priest ever entered, and even he only entered it once a year but, now, the Christian is admitted into the holiest place of all, through the sacrifice of Christ, and Christ’s atonement and the sovereignty of God conjoin to make the Christian’s position absolutely safe for ever.
Psalms 27:5. He shall set me up upon a rock.
The Rock of ages is immovable; it stirs not in the fiercest storm that ever rages. God is immutable, he abideth the same for ever; so that we have three firm grounds of confidence, - God’s sovereignty, Christ’s sacrifice, and God’s immutability.
Psalms 27:5. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.
The pavilion was the many-colored tent of the king, embroidered with needlework, and richly furnished. It was always placed in the center of the encampment, so that, if there were a night attack, the enemy must first break through the ranks of the armed men before reaching the royal pavilion. So, the Christian is put into the very center of the Lord’s host. God’s sovereignty encloses him, and God’s angels surround him; and the enemy must first break through the angelic guard, and overcome all the heavenly powers, before any one believer can be destroyed.
Psalms 27:5. In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
"The secret of his tabernacle" was the Holy of holies, into which no man but the high priest ever entered, and even he only entered it once a year but, now, the Christian is admitted into the holiest place of all, through the sacrifice of Christ, and Christ’s atonement and the sovereignty of God conjoin to make the Christian’s position absolutely safe for ever.
Psalms 27:5. He shall set me up upon a rock.
The Rock of ages is immovable; it stirs not in the fiercest storm that ever rages. God is immutable, he abideth the same for ever; so that we have three firm grounds of confidence, - God’s sovereignty, Christ’s sacrifice, and God’s immutability.