Homilist Psalm 83:3-4 They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones. They are "hidden "in two senses — I. In the sense of OBSCURITY. The Divine motives that actuate, the sublime aims that inspire, the supernal joys that fill the souls of the genuinely good, are hidden from the eyes of worldly men. The world "knoweth us not." 1. The characters of good men are misjudged by the world. They have often been treated as fiends rather than as angels, hence martyrdom. 2. Their moral superiority is unappreciated by the world. II. In the sense of SECURITY. "In the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion." "Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence." Your "life is hid with Christ in God." The "hidden "things are generally the most secure, the "hidden "roots, the "hidden "springs, the "hidden "substances, etc. "Hid with Christ in God." What enemy's hand can reach them there? (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.WEB: They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. |
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