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They have taken crafty counsel - The one word translated “have taken crafty” — ערם ‛âram — means properly to make naked, a…

They have taken crafty counsel. — Literally, They have made their plot crafty; or, as we say, “They have laid a deep plot.”
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Craftiness goes with power in plotting against God's people. The seed of the serpent are like him from whom they originate, and about him it is sai…

They have taken crafty counsel against your people
The people of Israel, hereafter named, whom God had chosen and av…

Sometimes God seems not to be concerned about the unjust treatment of His people. But then we may call upon Him, as the psalmist does here.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes