O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
(Will ye turn) my glory into shame? - literally, 'How long (shall) my glory (be) for shame?' 'When will ye at length cease wantonly to attack my dignity?-to make my glory a matter of reproach' (Hengstenberg). [The Hebrew for "sons of men" is bªneey (H1121) 'iysh (H376) - literally, 'sons of man,' the honourable appellation, not the less distinguished term, `beneey (H1121) 'aadaam (H120);' still less 'Enoch.' 'Iysh (H376) (Latin, vir, Greek, aneer (G435), as distinguished from homo, anthroopos (G444) implies strength and greatness as man-model men, normal men.] He ironically gives them this title of honour, in reference to their own high opinion of themselves. Great and wise as you think yourselves, "ye love vanity;"
i.e., ye pursue eagerly a scheme which shall end in your disappointment. So Psalms 2:1, "the people imagine a vain thing:" a correspondence which shows the designed arrangement of the pair of Psalms 3:1-8; Psalms 4:1-8 after 1 and 2. Both pairs have relation to a revolt against the Lord's Anointed: Psalms 2:1-12 against the Antitype, Christ; and Psalms 3:1-8; Psalms 4:1-8 against the type, David. The distinction between bªneey (H1121) 'aadaam (H120) and bªneey (H1121) 'iysh (H376) appears in Psalms 62:9, where the former is translated "men of low degree;" the latter, "men of high degree." The revolters against the Antitype similarly tried to bring "the King of glory" to shame, in mockery crowning Him with thorns, and robing Him in royal purple.
Seek after leasing - i:e., lies (cf. Psalms 62:4; Isaiah 28:15, end). 'The revolt is truly called a lie, because the revolters deluded themselves as to the real nature of their attempt, which they decked out in splendid colours' (Calvin). The rebels sought by 'lies' to help, forward their bad cause: for instance, Absalom's hypocritical lie, making religion the mask of treason (2 Samuel 15:7-8).