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Onlyאַךְfrom his heightמִשְּׂאֵתוֹthey have resolvedיָעֲצוּto push him down;לְהַדִּיחַthey delightיִרְצוּin lies;כָזָבwith their mouthבְּפִיוthey bless,יְבָרֵכוּbut inwardlyוּבְקִרְבָּםthey curse.יְקַלְלוּSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 62:4
Study it in the app“Only from his height they have resolved to push him down; they delight in lies; with their mouth they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 62:4, word by word
- from his heightשְּׂאֵתseet
majesty
Being raised above, first place; God's greatness.
Where else “seet” appears- they have resolvedיָעֲצוּyaatsu
plan
To form a plan in the mind and resolve to carry it out.
Where else “yaatsu” appears- to push him downהַדִּיחַhadiach
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hadiach” appears- they delightיִרְצוּyirtsu
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “yirtsu” appears- in liesכָזָבchazav
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “chazav” appears- with their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- they blessיְבָרֵכוּyevarechu
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “yevarechu” appears- but inwardlyקִרְבָּkirba
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirba” appears- they curseיְקַלְלוּyekallu
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “yekallu” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
3How long will you assail a man? Will you murder him, all of you, like a wall leaning, a fence pushed over?
4 · This verse (above)
5Only before Elohim be silent, my soul, for from him comes my hope.