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Psalms 62:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 62:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 62:38 words
HebrewMeaning
אַךְʾakə
onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
צ֭וּרִ/יṣwriy
is rock mynounH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
וִֽ/ישׁוּעָתִ֑/יwiyšwʿātiy
and salvation myconjH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗/יmiśəgabiy
refuge mynounH4869
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶמּ֥וֹטʾemwōṭ
I will be shakenverbH4131
cast · be out of course · be fallen in decay · exceedingly ···
רַבָּֽהrabāh
muchadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 62:3

1. The title of it is, “Unto the end, in behalf of Idithun, a Psalm to David himself.” I recollect that already to you has been explained what Idithun is....Let us see how far he has leaped over, and whom he has “leaped over,” and in what place, though he has leaped over certain men, he is situate, whence as from a kind of spiritual and secure position he may behold what is below....He being set, I say, in a certain fortified place, does say, “Shall not my soul be subject to…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 62 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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