Psalms 62:4 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 62:4

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 21:3 (379)

"But they have thought to cast away my price; they ran in thirst: they blessed with their mouth but cursed with their heart." The price of [humanity's redemption] is the blood of Christ: "You have been bought," it is said, "with a price; do not become the slaves of people." The soldiers of Satan planned, therefore, to make this price useless to us, leading again into slavery those who had once been freed. "They ran in thirst." He is speaking of the eager plots of the demons, because they run against us, thirsting for our destruction.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency,.... Either from the excellency of God, from his greatness, and from his height, as Kimchi; or from his grace, as the Arabic version: that is, they consulted to discourage him from looking to God, his rock and fortress, and from trusting in him; or rather, from his own excellency, from what high estate of dignity and honour he was advanced to, or designed for, namely his kingly office.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַ֤ךְ	'akh	surely	H389 →
מִשְּׂאֵת֨וֹ׀	mi.se.'e.To	from loftiness his	H7613 →
יָעֲצ֣וּ	ya.'a.Tzu	they have planned	H3289 →
לְהַדִּיחַ֮	le.ha.di.aCh	to thrust [him] down	H5080 →
יִרְצ֪וּ	yir.Tzu	they are pleased with	H7521 →
כָ֫זָ֥ב	kha.Zav	falsehood	H3577 →
בְּפִ֥יו	be.Fiv	with mouth his	H6310 →
יְבָרֵ֑כוּ	ye.va.Re.khu	they bless	H1288 →
וּ֝בְקִרְבָּ֗ם	u.ve.kir.Bam	and in inner being their	H7130 →
יְקַלְלוּ־	ye.ka.lu-	they curse	H7043 →
סֶֽלָה׃	Se.lah	Selah	H5542 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
leads to
- Psalms 1:2
  But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- Psalms 40:8
  I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Psalms 119:35
  Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
- Psalms 119:47–48
  I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- Hebrews 8:10
  For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
Through
Psalms 28:3
Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
leads to
- Psalms 12:2
  They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Romans 1:32
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
leads to
- Romans 1:21
  For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 2:1–5
  You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Psalms

Where the connections lead

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