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

1Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation. 2He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved. How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence? 4They only consult to thrust [him] down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah. 5Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.

Psalms 62:3 word by word

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

Cross-references for Psalms 62:3

• Psalms 4:2Ye sons of men, till when is my glory [to be put] to shame? [How long] will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.
• Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
• Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Exodus 16:28And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
• Proverbs 1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 6:9How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Matthew 17:17And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.
• Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
• Psalms 38:12And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
• Psalms 140:2Who devise mischiefs in [their] heart; every day are they banded together for war.
• Hosea 7:15I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.
• Psalms 73:18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
• 1 Samuel 26:10And David said, [As] Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.
• Isaiah 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant.

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