Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
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Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked,.... The word used denotes both the place where wicked men meet together for consultation; see
Gen 49:6
; and the counsel itself they there take; from the bad effects of which the psalmist desired to be hid and preserved. So Saul and his courtiers secretly took counsel against David, and the Jews against Christ, and that very privily and secretly; see
Mat 26:3
;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity; their noise, rage, and tumult; see
Psa 2:1
. The former phrase denotes their secret machinations and designs, and this their open violence; and the persons that entered into such measures are no other than evildoers and workers of iniquity; though they might be under a profession of religion, as David's enemies, and the Jews, who were Christ's enemies, were,
Mat 7:22
; and who are further described in the next verses.
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