Psalms 62:3
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 in other translations
| BSB | How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence? |
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| WEB | How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? |
| ASV | How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? |
| YLT | Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down. |
| DARBY | 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? |
| BBE | How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling? |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Psalms 62:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 62:1-7
We are in the way both of duty and comfort, when our souls wait upon God; when we cheerfully give up ourselves, and all our affairs, to his will and wisdom; when we leave ourselves to all the ways of his providence, and patiently expect the event, with full satisfaction in his goodness. See the ground and reason of this dependence. By his grace he has supported me, and by his providence delivered me. He only can be…
Psalms 62:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 62:3
- Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
- Psalms 140:2
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
- Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Exodus 16:28
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Isaiah 30:13-14
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
- Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- Psalms 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Hosea 7:15
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
- Psalms 4:2
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.
- Psalms 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
- Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Context
- Psalms 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Psalms 62:3
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 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalms 62:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hasta cuándo maquinaréis contra un hombre? Pereceréis todos vosotros, caeréis como pared acostada, como cerca ruinosa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Lui seul est mon rocher et mon salut, ma haute retraite; je ne serai pas beaucoup ébranlé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bis wann wollt ihr gegen einen Mann anstürmen? ihr alle ihn niederreißen wie eine überhängende Wand, eine angestoßene Mauer? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa, sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam. |