Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

For many dogs are come about me, the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.

The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.

Because he will hide me in his shelter in [the] day of trouble. He will conceal me in the hiding place of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

How much thy goodness which thou didst conceal for them fearing thee; thou didst work for those putting their trust in thee before the sons of man.

You hide them in the protection of Your presence;
You conceal them in a shelter
from the schemes of men,
from quarrelsome tongues.

Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, - With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. Selah.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

We will not conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee - a covenant, would they solemnize -

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people
and praise Him in the council of the elders.

Praise ye Jehovah. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!

If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,"

Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, - but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!