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The Enemy's Inevitable Collapse
David taunts his numerous enemies by comparing them to a "bowing wall" and a "tottering fence." Commentators explain this powerful image shows that despite appearing strong, the wicked are fundamentally unstable. Like a wall bulging from internal weakness or a rotten fence, their power and plans are doomed to a sudden and complete collapse.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 62:3
18th Century
Theologian
How long will you imagine mischief against a man? - The original word translated here as “imagine mischief,” from התת (
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 62:3
19th Century
Bishop
Imagine mischief. —This is the Rabbinical rendering of a word that occurs only here. The Septuagint has “fall upon”; the Vulgate, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 62:3
19th Century
Preacher
How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.<…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 62:3
16th Century
Theologian
How long will you continue mischief? The Hebrew word תהותתו, tehotethu, which I have translated continue, or lengthe…
John Gill
On Psalms 62:3
17th Century
Pastor
How long will you imagine mischief against a man ?
&c.] Against a good man, as the Targum; or against any Israelite,…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 62:1–7
17th Century
Minister
We are in the path of both duty and comfort when our souls wait upon God; when we cheerfully commit ourselves and all our affairs to his will and w…