Psalms 83:3-6

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.”

83:5 Yes, ⁵  they devise a unified strategy; ⁶ 

they form an alliance ⁷  against you.

83:6 It includes ⁸  the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites, ⁹ 

[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.”

[83:5]  ⁵ tn Or “for.”

[83:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”

[83:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[83:6]  ⁸ tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[83:6]  ⁹ sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.