Psalms 62:4

They only consult to thrust [him] down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

5Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

Psalms 52:3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Psalms 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.

Proverbs 13:5A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.

Hosea 7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 62:2-8

Waiting upon God; Confidence in God. 1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my… Read the whole commentary →

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