They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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, 1Sa 23:22. It is well rendered…
The Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not unseasonable, no, not when the harps are hung upon the…
Cambridge Bible
They have taken … and consulted They are taking … and consulting together. Jehovah's hidden onesare His people whom He conceals in His pavilion in the day of trouble (Psa 27:5; Psa 31:20), those to…
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