Psalms 83:3

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Psalms 83:3

3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.

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Psalms 83:3 in Other Translations

KJV

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

ESV

3 They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.

NLT

3 They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones.

MSG

3 They're plotting to do your people in, conspiring to rob you of your precious ones.

CSB

3 They devise clever schemes against Your people; they conspire against Your treasured ones.

Psalms 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,