Psalms 83:3
\83:2\For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
In Context
2\83:1\O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:
Psalms 10:9He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.
Psalms 31:20\31:19\O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
Psalms 64:2\64:1\O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:
Colossians 3:3For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 83:2-9
Complaints against Enemies. 1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of… Read the whole commentary →