Psa 62:3-4 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 3. How long will ye imagine mischief ] The original word, tehothethu , has been translated variously; rush upon, rage against, stir yourselves up, thrust against : the root is hathath or hathah, to rush violently upon, to assault . It points out the disorderly riotous manner in which this rebellion was conducted. As a bowing wall-a tottering fence. ] Ye are just ready to fall upon others, and destroy them; and in that fall yourselves shall be destroyed: "Ye shall be slain the whole of you."

‏ Psalms 62:3-4

Verse 3. How long will ye imagine mischief] The original word, tehothethu, has been translated variously; rush upon, rage against, stir yourselves up, thrust against: the root is hathath or hathah, to rush violently upon, to assault. It points out the disorderly riotous manner in which this rebellion was conducted.

As a bowing wall-a tottering fence.] Ye are just ready to fall upon others, and destroy them; and in that fall yourselves shall be destroyed: "Ye shall be slain the whole of you."

Verse 4. To cast him down from his excellency] They are consulting to dethrone me, and use treachery and falsehood in order to bring it about: "They delight in lies."

They bless with their mouth] Probably alluding to Absalom's blandishments of the people. He flattered them in order to get the sovereign rule. Or it may refer to the people of Jerusalem, whose perfidy he saw, while they were full of professions of loyalty, &c.; but he could not trust them, and therefore retired from Jerusalem.