
Text -- Psalms 83:3 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 83:3
Wesley: Psa 83:3 - -- Thy people of Israel, who are called God's hidden or secret ones, to intimate the respect which God has to them, as to his peculiar treasure.
Thy people of Israel, who are called God's hidden or secret ones, to intimate the respect which God has to them, as to his peculiar treasure.
JFB -> Psa 83:3
Clarke -> Psa 83:3
Clarke: Psa 83:3 - -- Consulted against thy hidden ones - צפוניך tsephuneycha , Thy hidden things; places; persons. "The hidden things in thy treasures."- Chaldee....
Consulted against thy hidden ones -
TSK -> Psa 83:3

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Barnes -> Psa 83:3
Barnes: Psa 83:3 - -- They have taken crafty counsel - The one word translated "have taken crafty"- ערם ‛âram - means properly to make naked; and then,...
They have taken crafty counsel - The one word translated "have taken crafty"-
Against thy people - For the purpose of destroying them.
And consulted against thy hidden ones - The word rendered "hidden ones"- from the verb
Poole -> Psa 83:3
Poole: Psa 83:3 - -- i.e. Thy people of Israel, as it is explained in the foregoing words, and in the next verse; who are called God’ s hidden or secret ones, to in...
i.e. Thy people of Israel, as it is explained in the foregoing words, and in the next verse; who are called God’ s hidden or secret ones, to intimate the singular care and respect which God hath to them, as to his peculiar treasure, as they are called, Exo 19:5 Psa 135:4 , whom he will hide and preserve in the secret of his presence, and under the shadow of his wings; and withal, to note their folly in seeking the destruction of those whom God was engaged and resolved to protect.
Haydock -> Psa 83:3
Haydock: Psa 83:3 - -- Fainteth. The eager desire of heaven sometimes deprives people of external satisfaction, and the body partakes of the inward joy. (Worthington) ---...
Fainteth. The eager desire of heaven sometimes deprives people of external satisfaction, and the body partakes of the inward joy. (Worthington) ---
Living. The idols of Babylon have no life. (Eusebius)
Gill -> Psa 83:3
Gill: Psa 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 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 Col 3:3, the Targum is,
"against the things hidden in thy treasures;''
meaning the riches of the temple.

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NET Notes: Psa 83:3 The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “trea...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 83:3
Geneva Bible: Psa 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy ( c ) hidden ones.
( c ) The elect of God are his secret ones: for he hi...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 83:1-18
TSK Synopsis: Psa 83:1-18 - --1 A complaint to God of the enemies' conspiracies.9 A prayer against them that oppress the Church.
MHCC -> Psa 83:1-8
MHCC: Psa 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 ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 83:1-8
Matthew Henry: Psa 83:1-8 - -- The Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not uns...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 83:1-4
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 83:1-4 - --
The poet prays, may God not remain an inactive looker-on in connection with the danger of destruction that threatens His people. דּמי (with whic...
Constable: Psa 73:1--89:52 - --I. Book 3: chs 73--89
A man or men named Asaph wrote 17 of the psalms in this book (Pss. 73-83). Other writers w...

Constable: Psa 83:1-18 - --Psalm 83
Asaph prayed that God would destroy the enemies that threatened to overwhelm Israel as He had d...
