They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.
they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.
Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots?
In times of trouble he will shelter me; he will keep me safe in his Temple and make me secure on a high rock.
You hide them in the safety of your presence from the plots of others; in a safe shelter you hide them from the insults of their enemies.
They gather in hiding places and watch everything I do, hoping to kill me.
Protect me from the plots of the wicked, from mobs of evil people.
Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,
In case of war they might join our enemies in order to fight against us, and might escape from the country. We must find some way to keep them from becoming even more numerous.”
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears. (