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Text -- Psalms 83:3 (NET)

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83:3 They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

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 - -- Whom God specially protects (Psa 27:5; Psa 91:1).

Whom God specially protects (Psa 27:5; Psa 91:1).

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 - 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.

TSK: Psa 83:3 - -- They : Psa 10:9, Psa 56:6, Psa 64:2; 1Sa 13:19; Isa 7:6, Isa 7:7; Luk 20:20-23 thy hidden : Psa 27:5, Psa 31:20, Psa 91:1; Col 3:3

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

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"- ערם ‛âram - means properly to make naked; and then, to be crafty, cunning, malignant, 1Sa 23:22. It is well rendered here, they have taken crafty counsel. The meaning is, they have made their counsel or their consultations crafty, cunning, artful, malignant. Instead of pursuing a course in their deliberations that would be just, true, honorable, they have followed the reverse. On the word rendered "counsel"- סוד sôd - which means a couch or cushion, and hence, a divan - see Job 15:8, note; Psa 25:14, note; Psa 64:2, note. The idea here is, that the persons referred to in the subsequent part of the psalm (Psa 83:6-8) had been assembled in a divan, or for consultation, and that they had there formed a malignant plan - against God and his people - which they were now proceeding to execute.

Against thy people - For the purpose of destroying them.

And consulted against thy hidden ones - The word rendered "hidden ones"- from the verb צפן tsâphan , to hide, to conceal - properly denotes that which is secret, private, inaccessible Eze 7:22; and then, anything protected or hidden so as to be secure. Compare the notes at Psa 27:5. It would seem here to refer to those who were so protected by Yahweh - so inaccessible to others by reason of his guardian care - that they would be safe.

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 - -- 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 - -- 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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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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 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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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

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 - --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 - -- 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 - -- 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...

Constable: Psa 83:1-7 - --1. The danger of destruction 83:1-8 The psalmist cried out to God to act for His people by expre...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 83 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 83:1, A complaint to God of the enemies’ conspiracies; Psa 83:9, A prayer against them that oppress the Church. Some refer this Ps...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 83 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT The occasion of the Psalm is manifest from the body of it, and it seems to have been a dangerous attempt and conspiracy. of divers nei...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 83 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 83:1-8) The designs of the enemies of Israel. (Psa 83:9-18) Earnest prayer for their defeat.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 83 (Chapter Introduction) This psalm is the last of those that go under the name of Asaph. It is penned, as most of those, upon a public account, with reference to the insul...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 83 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 83 A Song or Psalm of Asaph. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him...

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