Psalms 83:3

Psalms 83:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
• New International Version (NIV)With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

Context of Psalms 83:3

1O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God: 2For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head. They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones: 4They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more. 5For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.

Psalms 83:3 word by word

עַֽל־עַ֭מְּךָ יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ ס֑וֹד וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּ עַל־צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375

Cross-references for Psalms 83:3

• Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
• Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
• Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
• 1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.
• Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein — the son of Tabeal;
• Luke 20:20And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
• Psalms 27:5For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 31:20Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
• Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Colossians 3:3for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.

Commentaries on Psalms 83:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Consulted against thy hidden ones - צפוניך tsephuneycha, Thy hidden things; places; persons. "The hidden things in thy treasures." - Chaldee. "Thy holy ones." - Syriac. "Thy saints." - Vulgate and Septuagint; and so the Ethiopic and Arabic. The people of Israel are probably meant. Or perhaps the temple, the ark, and the treasures of the temple, are intended.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3They have taken crafty counsel - The one word translated “have taken crafty” - ערם ‛âram - means properly to make naked; and then, to be crafty, cunning, malignant, 1 Samuel 23:22. It is well rendered here, they have taken crafty counsel. The meaning is, they have made their counsel or their consultations crafty, cunning, artful, malignant. Instead of pursuing a course in their deliberations that would be just, true, honorable, they have followed the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The enemy has successfully intimidated God’s people, so the poet prays that the Lord will hear and act.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. hidden ones--whom God specially protects (Psa 27:5; 91:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 83:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Armies

In the dictionaries

• Alone
• Asaph
• Psalms
• Seek
• God
• Hidden
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Palestine
• Psalms, Book of
• Septuagint

Commentaries on Psalms 83

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings