Psalm 62:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Consult

Acts 4:16

Delight

Bless

Psalm 28:3

Psalm 55:21

Luke 20:20

Inwardly

General references

Acts 24:9

Bible References

Consult

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.

saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

Delight

You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.

By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Bless

Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Inwardly

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

General references

The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.