Psalms 83:3
They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
In Context
2For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;
Psalms 10:9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
Psalms 31:20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 64:2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
Isaiah 7:6“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”
Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is hidden 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 →