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 the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

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

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many

signs.

saying, “What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

Delight

You love evil more than good,

Falsehood more than speaking what is right.

Selah.

I hate and despise falsehood,
But I love Your law.

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,

And hands that shed innocent blood,

A righteous man hates falsehood,
But a wicked man

acts disgustingly and shamefully.

With their wickedness they make the king glad,

And the princes with their lies.

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

Bless

Do not drag me away with the wicked

And with those who work iniquity,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

Inwardly

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.

For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,

General references

The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.