John Calvin Commentary Psalms 62:4

"They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah" — Psalms 62:4 (ASV)

Yet they consult to cast him down from his elevation. I still would interpret the particle אך, ach, in an adversative sense. David, on the one hand, encouraged himself by determining to rest steadfastly upon the promise of divine favor; but, on the other, he had before him the machinations of his enemies, characterized by cruelty, audacity, pride, and deceit.

By all their attempts, as if he had said, they do nothing but precipitate their own fall; still, such are the frenzy and the fury by which they are actuated, that they persist in their intrigeduanya against me. He insinuates that their attacks were directed not so much against himself as against God — consistent with the picture of impiety given to us by the poets in their fable of the Giants.

Nothing will satisfy the enemies of God but setting themselves above the heavens. David is to be understood as primarily speaking here of himself in the third person, but of himself as one specifically elevated by the divine hand. Accordingly, though we might consider God to be the party directly intended, the scope of the words rather suggests that they aimed at the overthrow of one whom God had exalted and desired to establish in honor.

In thus attempting to thwart His purpose, they were really fighting against God. The clause that follows, they delight in lies, refers to the same thing. Refusing to acknowledge his divine vocation, they persevered in following such corrupt designs, as could only recoil upon them to their own downfall, as the Psalmist exclaims:

O you sons of men! How long is my glory made matter of your reproach? How long will you love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. — (Psalms 4:2)

Or the expression may denote the hidden and deceitful measures they adopted in their persecution of this saint of God; for it is immediately added, that they blessed with their mouth, but cursed inwardly. Whatever the meaning may be, it is evident that David, contemplating all the treachery, intrigues, and wickedness of his enemies, supports himself with the single consideration that his help was in God, and that every opposing agency was therefore vain.