They are making secret plans against your people; they plot against those you love.
Hide me from those who plan wicked things, from that gang who does evil.
During danger he will keep me safe in his shelter. He will hide me in his Holy Tent, or he will keep me safe on a high mountain.
You protect them by your presence from what people plan against them. You shelter them from evil words.
Those who go to God Most High for safety will be protected by the Almighty.
They wait. They hide. They watch my steps, hoping to kill me.
They wait in hiding like a lion. They wait to catch poor people; they catch the poor in nets.
Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.
The whole land of Israel had no blacksmith because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews might make swords and spears.”
If we don’t make plans against them, the number of their people will grow even more. Then if there is a war, they might join our enemies and fight us and escape from the country!”
Why are the nations so angry? Why are the people making useless plans?