Psalms 83:3
For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
In Context
2O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God.
4They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.
Psalms 31:20O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.
Psalms 64:2Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee : deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
Isaiah 7:6Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.
Colossians 3:3For you are dead; and your life is hid 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 →