Psalms 83:5

5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

Psalms 83:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:5

For they have consulted together with one consent
Or "heart" ^F5; wicked men are cordial to one another, and united in their counsels against the people of God, and his interest: whatever things they may disagree in, they agree in this, to oppose the cause and interest of true religion, or to persecute the church and people of God: Herod and Pontius Pilate are instances of this:

they are confederate against thee; or have made a covenant against thee
{f}; the covenant they had entered into among themselves, being against the Lord's people, was against him; and such a covenant and agreement can never stand; for there is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord, ( Proverbs 21:30 ) . This the psalmist mentions to engage the Lord in the quarrel of his people, and not be still, and act a neutral part; since those were his enemies, and confederates against him, and they are next particularly named.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (bl) "corde", Pagninus, Montanus; "ex corde", Tigurine version, Musculus, Gejerus; "cordicitus", Cocceius.
F6 (wtrky tyrb Kyle) "foedus adversus te icerunt", Tigurine version; "contra te foedus pepigerunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus; so Musculus, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Psalms 83:5 In-Context

3 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

4 "Come," they say, "and let us destroy them as a nation, That the name of Yisra'el may be remembered no more."

5 For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

6 The tents of Edom and the Yishme`elim; Mo'av, and the Hagrim;

7 Geval, `Ammon, and `Amalek; Peleshet with the inhabitants of Tzor;