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Psalm 62

Psa. 62:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They only consult
ya`ats (Hebrew #3289)
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
to cast him down
nadach (Hebrew #5080)
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
KJV usage: banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
Pronounce: naw-dakh'
Origin: a primitive root
from his excellency
s'eth (Hebrew #7613)
an elevation or leprous scab; figuratively, elation or cheerfulness; exaltation in rank or character
KJV usage: be accepted, dignity, excellency, highness, raise up self, rising.
Pronounce: seh-ayth'
Origin: from 5375
: they delight
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
in lies
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
: they bless
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
with their mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, but they curse
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
ψinwardly
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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in their inward parts.

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Ministry on This Verse

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consult.
Psa. 2:1‑3• 1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
 3Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us! (Psa. 2:1‑3)
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Matt. 2:3‑4,16• 3But Herod the king having heard of it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
 4and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
 16Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi. (Matt. 2:3‑4,16)
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Matt. 22:15,23,34‑35• 15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
 23On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
 34But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.
 35And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying, (Matt. 22:15,23,34‑35)
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Matt. 26:3‑4• 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:3‑4)
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Matt. 27:1• 1And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death. (Matt. 27:1)
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John 11:47‑50• 47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
 48If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
 49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
 50nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish. (John 11:47‑50)
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Acts 4:16‑17,25‑28• 16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
 17But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.
 25who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?
 26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
 27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city
 28to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass. (Acts 4:16‑17,25‑28)
delight.
Psa. 52:3• 3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. (Psa. 52:3)
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Psa. 119:163• 163I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love. (Psa. 119:163)
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Prov. 6:17• 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Prov. 6:17)
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Prov. 13:5• 5A righteous man hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame. (Prov. 13:5)
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Hos. 7:3• 3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. (Hos. 7:3)
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John 8:44• 44Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father: (John 8:44)
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Rom. 1:32• 32who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practise them, but have fellow delight in those who do them. (Rom. 1:32)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
bless.
Psa. 28:3• 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. (Psa. 28:3)
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Psa. 55:21• 21Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)
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Luke 20:20• 20And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. (Luke 20:20)
inwardly.
Heb. in their inward parts.
Psa. 5:9• 9For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. (Psa. 5:9)
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Psa. 51:6• 6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. (Psa. 51:6)
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Luke 11:39• 39But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness. (Luke 11:39)
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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)
• Outwardly they may pretend to favor the godly; inwardly they curse such, and secretly plot to cast him down. This was indeed a character of suffering that the Lord had to meet in full measure. (“Psalms 62” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.