Psalms 62:3

Psalms 62:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
• New International Version (NIV)How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.

Context of Psalms 62:3

1I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. 2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken. How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you attack as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence? 4They 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 5Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from him.

Psalms 62:3 word by word

עַד־אָ֤נָה׀ תְּהֽוֹתְת֣וּ עַל אִישׁ֮ תְּרָצְּח֪וּ כֻ֫לְּכֶ֥ם כְּקִ֥יר נָט֑וּי גָּ֝דֵ֗ר הַדְּחוּיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How long will ye imagine mischiefהוּתhâthath · to assailH2050
• against a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• ye shall be slainרָצַחrâtsach · to murderH7523
• all of you: as a bowingנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• a totteringדָּחָהdâchâh dâchach · to thrustH1760
• fenceגָּדֵרgâdêr · wallH1447

Cross-references for Psalms 62:3

• Psalms 4:2How long, exalted ones, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie? Selah
• Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?Selah
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may worship me.
• Exodus 16:28Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions?
• Proverbs 1:22“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 6:9How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbor malicious thoughts?
• Matthew 17:17Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
• Psalms 21:11Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.
• Psalms 38:12Those who intend to kill me set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long.
• Psalms 140:2who plan evil in their hearts. They stir up wars all day long.
• Hosea 7:15I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.
• Psalms 73:18Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin.
• 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
• Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours will be like a crumbling gap, a bulge in a high wall whose collapse will come in an instant — suddenly!

Commentaries on Psalms 62:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How long will ye imagine mischief - The original word, תהותתו tehothethu, has been translated variously; rush upon, rage against, stir yourselves up, thrust against: the root is התת hathath or התה hathah, to rush violently upon, to assault. It points out the disorderly riotous manner in which this rebellion was conducted. As a bowing wall - a tottering fence - Ye are just ready to fall upon others, and destroy them; and in that fall yourselves shall be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? - The original word here rendered “imagine mischief,” from התת hâthath occurs only in this place. It means, according to Gesenius (Lexicon), to break in upon; to set upon; to assail: “How long will ye break in upon a man?” that is, set upon him. So the Septuagint, and the Latin Vulgate. It does not refer to their merely forming purposes of mischief against a man, but to their making assaults upon him; to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The enemies want to overthrow the king using lies and tricks.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Their destruction will come; as a tottering wall they already are feeble and failing. bowing wall shall ye be--better supply "are." Some propose to apply these phrases to describe the condition of "a man"--that is, the pious suffer: thus, "Will ye slay him," &c.; but the other is a good sense.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 62:3

• Fence
• Malice
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Expectation
• Fence
• Imagine
• Jeduthun
• Psalms
• Bowing
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 62

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings