Psalms 83:3

“They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, etc.] 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 had done with their forefathers; and this, agreeably to their character, being the seed of the old serpent, more subtle than any of the beasts of the field; these devised cunning devices, formed crafty schemes for the destruction of the Lord’s people; but often so it is, that the wise are taken in their own craftiness, and their counsel is carried headlong: and consulted against thy hidden ones; not hidden from the Lord, and unknown unto him, though from their enemies, and unknown by them, and…”

“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, 1 Samuel 23:22. It is well rendered here, they have taken crafty counsel. The meaning is, they have made their counsel or their consultations crafty, cunning, artful, malignant. Instead of pursuing a course in their deliberations that would be just, true, honorable, they have followed the reverse. On the word rendered “counsel” - סוד sôd - which means a couch or cushion, and hence, a divan - see Job 15:8, note; Psalms 25:14, note; Psalms 64:2, note. The idea here is, that the persons referred to in the subsequent part of the…”

“Hidden ones - Thy people of Israel, who are called God's hidden or secret ones, to intimate the respect which God has to them, as to his peculiar treasure. Psalms 83:6”

“They: Psa 10:9, Psa 56:6, Psa 64:2; Sa1 13:19; Isa 7:6, Isa 7:7; Luk 20:20-23 thy hidden: Psa 27:5, Psa 31:20, Psa 91:1; Col 3:3 Psalms 83:4”