King James Version
What Does Psalms 83:5 Mean?
“For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: consent: Heb. heart”
Context
3
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
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.
5
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: consent: Heb. heart
6
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(5) **They are confederate.**—Literally, *they have cut a covenant, *from the custom described in Genesis 15:17. (Comp. the Greek δρκια τέμνειν.)
**Against thee.**—God and “His hidden ones” are one, a truth preparing the way for that grander truth of the identification of the Son of man with all needing help or pity in Matthew 25
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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