62 4b "With their mouths they bless,
but in their hearts they curse".
The Psalmist is describing two kingdoms. The wicked respond to God and His law by redefining it and opposing it. God has established His kingdom by speaking His word. But the wicked oppose Gods kingdom by redefining the word. The reason that the Psalmist describes the wicked who oppose Gods word as cursing in their hearts is because their passive and active rebellion is the communication of the wicked curse. 10 7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue". The Psalmist does not describe evil in a strictly moral sense. But he describes it as a word that redefines Gods law as an attempt to destroy God and His elect. The Psalmist is talking about two different realms. One realm is Gods description and is real reality. While the other realm is mans redefinition and is total darkness.In this Psalm he is teaching that in the realm of darkness is to devalue Gods creation and His work. So the violence that is practiced in the government of man is in the spirit of destruction and not just an argument that opposes Gods word. This spirit is an attempt to spread blame in attacking God for the problems of His elect. From birth man is born with the voice that curses Gods government.
The Psalmist is saying the salvation is in God alone. He is making an analogy that personal salvation is being in the kingdom of God who places great value on His elect. God has established His authority in His kingdom when He makes His elect kings and priest of the Most High. The Psalmist is saying that he lives in a world where His opposition to the wicked is described as being thrown down from his kingly position. The value that God places on His elect is their ability to exercise His authority by the pronouncements of His kingdom that are absolute. The pronouncements are made to extinguish the opposition of the wicked. The elect are given the gifts of the laws curses as a protection against the evil curses. This is why the Psalmist says that his salvation and honor depend upon God. The Psalmist has experience Gods honor when He has established the law in fighting and winning Israels wars. He uses the metaphor of the God as the rock as the means by which God restores honor to HIs elect. The rock is Gods fighting to deliver the Psalmist in the battle. The Psalmist is comparing the spoils of war with Gods active curse that kills all opposition. After God destroys His enemies the Psalmist retreats behind the walls of Israel enjoying the peace that comes from God destroying his enemies. He is our fortress.
The Psalmist goes on to describe the extent and the personal struggles of Gods people in the midst of the devaluing of Gods kingdom by the wicked. This phrase is in the form of a curse.- [ 9 Lowborn men are but a breath,the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath".]He is teaching that all men are born to attempt to extort their neighbor for profit.10" Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods;" In other words the world is under the spell as blindness to escape the devaluing of Gods creation and kingdom. They do not understand the value of Gods curses. They believe that Gods people are a pox upon society. But God redefines His elect as the agents by which everyone is blessed and protected in the world. God repays His people in a system of rewards only. God establishes His covenants and He provides His people with an inheritance.
This Psalm is not really describing the idea of resting in the sense of kicking back in physical rest. But its talking about the authority that Gods people have in the ability to argue and obtain absolute authority over the kingdom of man. We do this by pronouncing the kings language. He says one think God has spoken..two things I have heard . The one thing is backed up with the two promises. Or the promise of reward is backed up with Gods laws, decrees, covenants, and promises that God has spoken as the authority of His kings and priest. All other reasoning and descriptions are just an imaginative world. In this we rest in God alone.
but in their hearts they curse".
The Psalmist is describing two kingdoms. The wicked respond to God and His law by redefining it and opposing it. God has established His kingdom by speaking His word. But the wicked oppose Gods kingdom by redefining the word. The reason that the Psalmist describes the wicked who oppose Gods word as cursing in their hearts is because their passive and active rebellion is the communication of the wicked curse. 10 7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue". The Psalmist does not describe evil in a strictly moral sense. But he describes it as a word that redefines Gods law as an attempt to destroy God and His elect. The Psalmist is talking about two different realms. One realm is Gods description and is real reality. While the other realm is mans redefinition and is total darkness.In this Psalm he is teaching that in the realm of darkness is to devalue Gods creation and His work. So the violence that is practiced in the government of man is in the spirit of destruction and not just an argument that opposes Gods word. This spirit is an attempt to spread blame in attacking God for the problems of His elect. From birth man is born with the voice that curses Gods government.
The Psalmist is saying the salvation is in God alone. He is making an analogy that personal salvation is being in the kingdom of God who places great value on His elect. God has established His authority in His kingdom when He makes His elect kings and priest of the Most High. The Psalmist is saying that he lives in a world where His opposition to the wicked is described as being thrown down from his kingly position. The value that God places on His elect is their ability to exercise His authority by the pronouncements of His kingdom that are absolute. The pronouncements are made to extinguish the opposition of the wicked. The elect are given the gifts of the laws curses as a protection against the evil curses. This is why the Psalmist says that his salvation and honor depend upon God. The Psalmist has experience Gods honor when He has established the law in fighting and winning Israels wars. He uses the metaphor of the God as the rock as the means by which God restores honor to HIs elect. The rock is Gods fighting to deliver the Psalmist in the battle. The Psalmist is comparing the spoils of war with Gods active curse that kills all opposition. After God destroys His enemies the Psalmist retreats behind the walls of Israel enjoying the peace that comes from God destroying his enemies. He is our fortress.
The Psalmist goes on to describe the extent and the personal struggles of Gods people in the midst of the devaluing of Gods kingdom by the wicked. This phrase is in the form of a curse.- [ 9 Lowborn men are but a breath,the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath".]He is teaching that all men are born to attempt to extort their neighbor for profit.10" Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods;" In other words the world is under the spell as blindness to escape the devaluing of Gods creation and kingdom. They do not understand the value of Gods curses. They believe that Gods people are a pox upon society. But God redefines His elect as the agents by which everyone is blessed and protected in the world. God repays His people in a system of rewards only. God establishes His covenants and He provides His people with an inheritance.
This Psalm is not really describing the idea of resting in the sense of kicking back in physical rest. But its talking about the authority that Gods people have in the ability to argue and obtain absolute authority over the kingdom of man. We do this by pronouncing the kings language. He says one think God has spoken..two things I have heard . The one thing is backed up with the two promises. Or the promise of reward is backed up with Gods laws, decrees, covenants, and promises that God has spoken as the authority of His kings and priest. All other reasoning and descriptions are just an imaginative world. In this we rest in God alone.
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