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Psalm 83:3-5
New English Translation
Psalm 83:3-5
New English Translation
3 They carefully plot[a] against your people,
and make plans to harm[b] the ones you cherish.[c]
4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation.[d]
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
5 Yes,[e] they devise a unified strategy;[f]
they form an alliance[g] against you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:3 tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”
- Psalm 83:3 tn Heb “and consult together against.”
- Psalm 83:3 tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”
- Psalm 83:4 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”
- Psalm 83:5 tn Or “for.”
- Psalm 83:5 tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”
- Psalm 83:5 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
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