Lexicon :: Strong's H5475 - sôḏ

“O my soul, do not come into their secret council;

Let not my glory (honor) be united with their assembly [for I knew nothing of their plot];

Because in their anger they killed men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites],

And in their self-will they lamed oxen.

“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,

And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?

“All the men of my council hate me;

Those I love have turned against me.

As I was in the prime of my days,

When the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent,

The secret [of the wise counsel] of the LORD is for those who fear Him,

And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.

We who had sweet [fn]fellowship together,

Who walked to the house of God in company.

Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly,

From the scheming of those who do wrong,

They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,

And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.

A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,

And awesome above all those who are around Him?

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart,

In the company of the upright and in the congregation.

For the devious are repulsive to the LORD;

But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].

He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets,

But he who is trustworthy and faithful keeps a matter hidden.

Without consultation and wise advice, plans are frustrated,

But with many counselors they are established and succeed.

He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets;

Therefore do not associate with a gossip [who talks freely or flatters].

Argue your case with your neighbor himself [before you go to court];

And do not reveal another’s secret,

But I am full of the wrath (judgment) of the LORD;

I am tired of restraining it.

“[I will] pour it out on the children in the street

And on the young men gathered together;

For both the husband and wife shall be taken,

The aged and the very old [though full of days they are not exempt from judgment].

I did not sit with the group of those who celebrate,

Nor did I rejoice;

I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me,

For You had filled me with indignation [at their sin].

“But who [among them] has stood in the council of the LORD,

That he would perceive and hear His word?

Who has marked His word [noticing and observing and paying attention to it] and has [actually] heard it?

“But if they had stood in My council,

Then they would have caused My people to hear My words,

Then they would have turned My people from their evil way

And from the evil of their decisions and deeds.

Surely the Lord GOD does nothing

[fn]Without revealing His secret plan [of the judgment to come]

To His servants the prophets.