Psalms 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 62 connects to 10 cross-references. A psalm of David expressing quiet trust in God alone as rock, salvation, and fortress amid enemies who scheme. The repeated exhortation 'For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence' frames a meditation on the vanity of trusting in …
Other Translations
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah
Only--from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
Cross References
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; …
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but …
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than …
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.