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 are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?

And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,

Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs!

saying, "What should we do with these men? For that a remarkable sign has taken place through them [is] evident to all those who live [in] Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny [it]!

Delight

You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah

I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law.

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

The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.

By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries.

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

who, [although they] know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same [things], but also they approve of those who do [them].

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

Bless

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

Inwardly

For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.

Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.

For I joyfully agree with the law of God in my inner person,

General references

And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting these [things] were so.