Psalms 83:3
(83-4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
In Context
2(83-3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears';
Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.
Psalms 31:20(31-21) Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man; Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 64:2(64-3) Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;
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 →