Psalms 83:3-4

83:3 They carefully plot ¹  against your people,

and make plans to harm ²  the ones you cherish. ³ 

83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! ⁴ 

Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

[83:3]  ¹ tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”

[83:3]  ² tn Heb “and consult together against.”

[83:3]  ³ tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”

[83:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”