“They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.”
The plot against Israel is described: "They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against those you protect." The enemies' conspiracy is directed specifically against God's people and those under God's protection. The reference to crafty plans suggests that the threat involves deception and cunning strategy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:3
1. Of this Psalm the title is, “A song of a Psalm of Asaph.” We have already often said what is the interpretation of Asaph, that is, congregation. That man, therefore, who was called Asaph, is named in representation of the congregation of God's people in the titles of many Psalms. But in Greek, congregation is called synagogue, which has come to be held for a kind of proper name for the Jewish people, that it should be called The Synagogue; even as the Christian people is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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