Psalms 27:5

"For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:

In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;

He will lift me up upon a rock.

And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;

And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah."

"He will keep me secretly in his pavilion" (Psalms 27:5). "This should not be understood literally, as some Jewish commentators suppose, claiming that David even hid himself in the tabernacle; but David means that his spirit shall find a refuge with God in the times of trouble."[11]

"Now shall my head be lifted up" (Psalms 27:6). There is no safety or security on earth that can be compared with the confident stability of the soul that is truly anchored `in the Lord.' If a government forbids Christians, they may reply with Peter, "We must obey God rather than men." If obstacles are multiplied, we may say with Paul, "None of these things move me." If our lives are threatened, we may remember the words of the Christ who said, "Be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28).

Every man can testify of "mountains" and "valleys" in his spiritual life; and in this psalm, we now, quite suddenly, find ourselves in a valley of distress and depression.