Salmos 83:3

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

Astutamente formam conselho contra o teu povo e conspiram contra os teus protegidos.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Tomaram astuto conselho contra o teu povo, e consultaram contra os teus escondidos.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Tramam astutamente contra o teu povo e conspiram contra os teus protegidos.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

They: Psalms 10:9, Psalms 56:6, Psalms 64:2, 1 Samuel 13:19, Isaiah 7:6, Isaiah 7:7, Luke 20:20-23

thy hidden: Psalms 27:5, Psalms 31:20, Psalms 91:1, Colossians 3:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:10 - Come on 1 Kings 17:3 - hide thyself 2 Chronicles 20:11 - to cast us Nehemiah 4:8 - all Psalms 71:10 - take Isaiah 7:1 - Rezin Isaiah 7:5 - Syria Isaiah 8:10 - counsel Jeremiah 51:11 - the vengeance Lamentations 4:21 - be glad Ezekiel 25:10 - may Ezekiel 35:2 - and prophesy Ezekiel 38:10 - that at Amos 1:11 - because Matthew 2:7 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Colossians 3:3, the Targum is,

"against the things hidden in thy treasures;''

meaning the riches of the temple.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, 1 Samuel 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; Psalms 25:14, note; Psalms 64:2, note. The idea here is, that the persons referred to in the subsequent part of the psalm (Psalms 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 Ezekiel 7:22; and then, anything protected or hidden so as to be secure. Compare the notes at Psalms 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 83:3. 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 AEthiopic and Arabic. The people of Israel are probably meant. Or perhaps the temple, the ark, and the treasures of the temple, are intended.