God’s Word Translation
Psalms 83:3
3They make plans in secret against your people and plot together against those you treasure.
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, do not remain silent. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. Do not keep quiet, O God. 2Look, your enemies are in an uproar. Those who hate you hold their heads high. They make plans in secret against your people and plot together against those you treasure. 4They say, “Let’s wipe out their nation so that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.” 5They agree completely on their plan. They form an alliance against you:
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עַֽל־עַ֭מְּךָ יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ ס֑וֹד וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּ עַל־צְפוּנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 83:3
- Psalms 10:9He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net.
- Psalms 56:6They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret plots of criminals, from the mob of troublemakers.
- 1 Samuel 13:19No blacksmith could be found in the entire land of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.
- Isaiah 7:6‘Let’s march against Judah, tear it apart, divide it among ourselves, and set up Tabeel’s son as its king.’
- Luke 20:20So they watched for an opportunity to send out some spies. The spies were to act like sincere religious people. They wanted to catch him saying the wrong thing so that they could hand him over to the governor.
- Psalms 27:5He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble. He keeps me hidden in his tent. He sets me high on a rock.
- Psalms 31:20You hide them in the secret place of your presence from those who scheme against them. You keep them in a shelter, safe from quarrelsome tongues.
- Psalms 91:1Whoever lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Colossians 3:3You have died, and your life is hidden with 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
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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
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