Psalm 83:3

3 Wider dein Volk machen sie listige Anschläge, und beraten sich wider deine Geborgenen.

Psalm 83:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:3

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people
The people of Israel, hereafter named, whom God had chosen and avouched to be his people; these they dealt subtlety with, as the king of Egypt had done with their forefathers; and this, agreeably to their character, being the seed of the old serpent, more subtle than any of the beasts of the field; these devised cunning devices, formed crafty schemes for the destruction of the Lord's people; but often so it is, that the wise are taken in their own craftiness, and their counsel is carried headlong:

and consulted against thy hidden ones;
not hidden from the Lord, and unknown unto him, though from their enemies, and unknown by them, and so the object of their hatred and persecution; but hidden by him as his jewels and peculiar treasure, which he takes care of; hidden under the shadow of his wings, in the secret of his presence and tabernacle, as in a pavilion; and therefore it was a daring piece of insolence in their enemies to attack them: so the life of saints is said to be hid with Christ in God, which denotes both its secrecy and safety; see ( Colossians 3:3 ) , the Targum is,

``against the things hidden in thy treasures;''

meaning the riches of the temple.

Psalm 83:3 In-Context

1 Ein Lied, ein Psalm. Von Asaph. Gott, schweige nicht; verstumme nicht und sei nicht stille, o Gott!

2 Denn siehe, deine Feinde toben, und deine Hasser erheben das Haupt.

3 Wider dein Volk machen sie listige Anschläge, und beraten sich wider deine Geborgenen.

4 Sie sprechen: Kommet und lasset uns sie vertilgen, daß sie keine Nation mehr seien, daß nicht mehr gedacht werde des Namens Israel!

5 Denn sie haben sich beraten mit einmütigem Herzen, sie haben einen Bund wider dich gemacht: