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Psalms 83:3
3With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
Psalms 83:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones.
Context of Psalms 83:3
1O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. 2See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. 4“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.” 5With one mind they plot together; 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 10:9like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
- Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.
- 1 Samuel 13:19Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!”
- Isaiah 7:6“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”
- Luke 20:20Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.
- Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
- Psalms 31:20In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.
- Psalms 91:1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now 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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