They plan to topple me from my high position. They delight in telling lies about me. They praise me to my face but curse me in their hearts. Interlude

他们彼此商议，专要从他的尊位上把他推下；他们喜爱谎话，口虽祝福，心却咒诅。细拉

他们彼此商议，要把他从高位上拉下来；他们喜爱谎话，口虽祝福，心却诅咒。（细拉）

他们彼此商议，要把他从高位上拉下来；他们喜爱谎话，口虽祝福，心却诅咒。（细拉）

你们千方百计把我从高位拉下。你们善于说谎，嘴上祝福，心却咒诅。（细拉）

他们彼此商议，务要把他从尊位上拉下来；他们喜爱谎话；他们口虽祝福，心却咒诅。（细拉）

他们彼此商议，只为把他从高位上赶下来；他们喜悦虚谎，口中虽祝福，心中却诅咒。细拉

他們彼此商議，專要從他的尊位上把他推下；他們喜愛謊話，口雖祝福，心卻咒詛。（細拉）

他們彼此商議，要把他從高位上拉下來；他們喜愛謊話，口雖祝福，心卻詛咒。（細拉）

他們彼此商議，要把他從高位上拉下來；他們喜愛謊話，口雖祝福，心卻詛咒。（細拉）

你們千方百計把我從高位拉下。你們善於說謊，嘴上祝福，心卻咒詛。（細拉）

他們彼此商議，務要把他從尊位上拉下來；他們喜愛謊話；他們口雖祝福，心卻咒詛。（細拉）

人彼此商議、專要從他的尊位上把他推下。他們喜悅謊話：口雖祝福，心卻咒詛。（細拉）

他們彼此商議，只為把他從高位上趕下來；他們喜悅虛謊，口中雖祝福，心中卻詛咒。細拉

彼眾協謀、欲自其位推而下之、誑言是喜、口祝心詛兮、

予得興起、爾欲敗予、爾惟詭譎是喜、口祝福、心咒詛兮。

彼此商議、欲將其從高位推墜、皆喜誑詐、口中祝福、心內咒詛、細拉、

爾曹何事肆凌虐。幸災樂禍盍有極猶如眾手推欹壁。

Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.

Surely my enemies only want to pull me down from my place of honor. They take delight in telling lies. They bless me with what they say. But in their hearts they ask for bad things to happen to me.

They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

They only plan to bring him down from his high position. They take pleasure in lying; they bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah

They have planned only to thrust him down from his high position; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah

They only consult to cast him down from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. Selah

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

They only plan to bring him down from his high position. They take pleasure in lying; they bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah

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

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses.( Selah)

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Do not drag me away with the wicked— with those who do evil— those who speak friendly words to their neighbors while planning evil in their hearts.

His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers!

My enemies cannot speak a truthful word. Their deepest desire is to destroy others. Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with flattery.

I love God’s law with all my heart.

“ What should we do with these men?” they asked each other.“ We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it.But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”

Outside the city are the dogs— the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.

They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying,‘ Why were the nations so angry? Why did they waste their time with futile plans?The kings of the earth prepared for battle; the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.’“ In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.

I hate and abhor all falsehood, but I love your instructions.

But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.

Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.

That same day Jesus was approached by some Sadducees— religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:

Then the Lord said to him,“ You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy— full of greed and wickedness!

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one.“ Let us break their chains,” they cry,“ and free ourselves from slavery to God.”

Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council together.“ What are we going to do?” they asked each other.“ This man certainly performs many miraculous signs.If we allow him to go on like this, soon everyone will believe in him. Then the Roman army will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation.”Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time, said,“ You don’t know what you’re talking about!You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”

The godly hate lies; the wicked cause shame and disgrace.

Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.

You love evil more than good and lies more than truth. Interlude

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again.One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:

King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked,“ Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”

Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.

“ The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent,

At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.