Psalms 62:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 62:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How 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),...
Psalms 62:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

How long will ye imagine mischief against a (c) man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a (d) bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence. (c) He means himself, being the man whom God had appo...
Psalms 62:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXII. Rest in God. The Psalmist, who is closely allied in thought and style to the author of Psalms 4, exhorts to complete trust in God. He expresses his trust in Psalms 62:1 f., his rest in Psa...
Psalms 62:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

imagine mischief. Occurs only here. Probably. assault, or rise against. man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
Psalms 62:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. How long will ye continue mischief? The Hebrew word תהותתו , tehotethu, (412) which I have translated continue, or lengthen out, mischief, is rendered by some, to meditate, o...
Psalms 62:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. How long will ye imagine mischief - The original word, תהותתו...
Psalms 62:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How along will ye imagine mischief? &c.— How long will ye push against a single man? Ye shall all of you be slain, and fall on a sudden, like a bending wall, or a tottering fence. See Green a...
Psalms 62:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? The Sep...
Psalms 62:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of the strongest faith, in which the experience of hostility ( Psalms 62:3-4 ) and the contemplation of life ( Psalms 62:9-10 ) only provide the background against which a serene confid...
Psalms 62:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Imagine mischief. — This is the Rabbinical rendering of a word that occurs only here. The LXX. have “fall upon”; Vulg., “rush upon,” a meaning supported by an Arabic root meaning to storm or ass...
Psalms 62:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 62:1-12 THERE are several points of affinity between this psalm and the thirty-ninth-such as the frequent use of the particle of asseveration or restriction ("surely" or "only"); the rare a...
Psalms 62:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our only Rock and Refuge Psalms 62:1-12 This is the “Only” Psalm. It consists of three stanzas, each of which begins with that word and ends with Selah. It was probably composed during Absalo...
Psalms 62:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this psalm the principle of the last is yet more emphatically expressed. It opens with the declaration: My soul waiteth only upon God, and then proceeds in three stanzas to set forth this fact. T...
Psalms 62:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a beautiful breaking off of the subject, but in reality carrying on the same glorious confidence, in this striking remonstrance with the enemies of God and of Christ. It is as if the soul in...
Psalms 62:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man ?.... Against a good man, as the Targum; or against any Israelite, as Kimchi; or rather he means himself, a single man, a weak man, and an innocent on...
Psalms 62:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ]...
Psalms 62:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long will ye Mine enemies, (to whom he now turns his speech,) imagine mischief against a man Against me, a man like yourselves, whom common humanity obliges you to pity; a single man, who is...
Psalms 62:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Waiting upon God; Confidence in God. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 1 Truly my soul waiteth u...
Psalms 62:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye, mine enemies, to whom now he turneth his speech. Against a man, i.e. against me, a man like yourselves, whom common humanity obligeth you to pity; a single man, who is no fit match for you; a p...
Psalms 62:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘How long will you set upon a man, That you may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, Like a tottering fence?' But while he sees God as his Rock and his strong tower, He is invisible to his...
Psalms 62:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician .” See introduction to Psalms 57 . “ To Jeduthun .” See introduction to Psalms 39 . “ A Psalm of David .” “There are no historical statements...
Psalms 62:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 62:1 . Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. Waiting upon God, if not true and sincere, is only a mockery; it is also an insult to the Lord; and, so far from bringi...
Psalms 62:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is inscribed to Jeduthun, leader of a choral band in the temple. 1 Chronicles 6:41 . Both this and Psalms 63 ., have been understood as composed in the wilderness, though some would refe...
Psalms 62:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation. A testimony and an exhortation I. A religious testimony. 1. Concerning self ( Psalms 62:1-2 ; Psalms 62:6-7 ). His confidence i...
Psalms 62:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm, like so many, is the cry of an afflicted one—a man of high position, whom his enemies seek to destroy, or, if that be not possible, to thrust down from his dignity ( Psa...
Psalms 62:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Trust in God in the Face of Great Danger. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, the special choirmaster being named who should take charge of this hymn for use in public worship, a psalm of David, a...
Psalms 62:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:10 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Exodus 16:28 ; Hosea 7:15 ; Isaiah 30:13 ; Isaiah 30:14 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Matthew 17:17 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 6:9 ; Psalms 140:2 ; Psalms 21:11 ; Psal...
Psalms 62:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye — Mine enemies; to whom now he turns his speech. Against — Against me, a man like yourselves, whom common humanity obliges you to pity.

Psalms 62:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 62:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 62:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 62:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 62:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 62:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 62:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 62:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 62:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 62:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 62:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 62:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 62:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 62:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 62:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 62:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes