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Psalms 83:3

83:2 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.

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They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones.

83:4 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.

What does Psalms 83:3 mean?

Psalms 83:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָרַם (ʻâram), סוֹד (çôwd), עַם (ʻam).

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They
have
taken
craftyעָרַםʻâram/aw-ram'/H6191properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
counselסוֹדçôwd/sode/H5475a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret
against
thy
people,עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
and
consultedיָעַץyâʻats/yaw-ats'/H3289to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
against
thy
hidden
ones.צָפַןtsâphan/tsaw-fan'/H6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk

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What does Psalms 83:3 say?

Psalms 83:3 (King James Version) reads: "They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones."

Is Psalms 83:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 83:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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