Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.
Ver. 10. Take counsel together.] Do so if you will; but when all is done, the counsel of the Lord shall stand, and you shall consult nothing better than shame to yourselves.
Speak a word.] All these expressions serve to set forth the bitter hatred borne by these wicked ones against God's poor people, whom they sought by all means to mischieve, but could not.
For God is with us.] Heb., Immanuel. That sweet name was to the godly party mel in ore, melos in aure, iubilum in corde, honey in the mouth, song in the ear, a joyful shout in the heart, and hence so oft recited; these heavenly birds, having got such a note, record it over and over.