59:3 For your hands are stained with blood
and your fingers with sin;
your lips speak lies,
your tongue utters malicious words.
62:4 They 1 spend all their time planning how to bring him 2 down. 3
They love to use deceit; 4
they pronounce blessings with their mouths,
but inwardly they utter curses. 5 (Selah)
1 tn That is, the psalmist’s enemies addressed in the previous verse.
2 tn That is, the generic “man” referred to in the previous verse.
3 tn Heb “only from his lofty place [or perhaps, “dignity”] they plan to drive [him] away.”
4 tn Heb “they delight [in] a lie.”
5 sn The enemies use deceit to bring down their victim. They make him think they are his friends by pronouncing blessings upon him, but inwardly they desire his demise.