Psalms 83 · Verse 3

Psalms 83:3

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
Psalms 83:3, King James Version

Psalms 83:3 in other translations

BSBWith cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
WEBThey conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
ASVThey take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.
YLTAgainst Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
DARBYThey take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
BBEThey have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
WebsterThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

What does Psalms 83:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. hidden ones--whom God specially protects (Psa 27:5; 91:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Consulted 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 83:1-8

Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them not. He takes them under his special protection. Do the enemies of the church act with one consent to destroy it, and shall not the friends of the church be…

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Psalms 83:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַֽל\־'al-onH5921
עַ֭מְּךָ'A.me.khapeople yourH5971
יַעֲרִ֣ימוּya.'a.Ri.muthey make craftyH6191
ס֑וֹדSodcounselH5475
וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּve.yit.ya.'a.Tzuso they may consult togetherH3289
עַל\־'al-onH5921
צְפוּנֶֽיךָ\׃tze.fu.Nei.khatreasured [ones] yourH6845

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 83:3

  • Psalms 64:2

    Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

  • Psalms 27:5

    For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  • Psalms 31:20

    Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

  • Isaiah 7:6-7

    Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

  • Luke 20:20-23

    And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

  • Psalms 10:9

    He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Psalms 91:1

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  • Psalms 56:6

    They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • Colossians 3:3

    For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

  • 1 Samuel 13:19

    Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They.
10:9; 56:6; 64:2; 1Sa 13:19; Isa 7:6,7; Lu 20:20-23
thy hidden.
27:5; 31:20; 91:1; Col 3:3

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Context

  • Psalms 83:2

    For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

  • Psalms 83:3

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

  • Psalms 83:4

    They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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Psalms 83:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sobre tu pueblo han consultado astuta y secretamente, y han entrado en consejo contra tus escondidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car voici, tes ennemis s’agitent, et ceux qui te haïssent lèvent la tête.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wider dein Volk machen sie listige Anschläge, und beraten sich wider deine Geborgenen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Concupiscit, et deficit anima mea in atria Domini; cor meum et caro mea exsultaverunt in Deum vivum.