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

1For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me. 2He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended. How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence. 4They 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) 5Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

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 4:2You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)
• Psalms 82:2He says, “How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
• Exodus 16:28So the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?
• Proverbs 1:22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 6:9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
• Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
• Matthew 17:17Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
• Psalms 21:11Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
• Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.
• Psalms 140:2who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.
• Hosea 7:15Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!
• Psalms 73:18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
• 1 Samuel 26:10David went on to say, “As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.
• Isaiah 30:13So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

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