Psalms 83:3 - Exposition

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people. Such a widespread confederacy as that described below ( Psalms 83:6-8 ) cannot have been formed without much secret consultation and plotting. And consulted against thy hidden ones; i.e. "those whom thou hidest in the covert of thy presence from the plottings of man" ( Psalms 31:20 , Revised Version: comp. Psalms 27:5 ).