Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 83:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.”
Psalms 83:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
[A Song {or} Psalm of Asaph.] Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. {of Asaph: or, for Asaph}
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from {being} a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: {consent: Heb. heart}
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