Mazmur 62:3

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

(62-4) Berapa lamakah kamu hendak menyerbu seseorang, hendak meremukkan dia, hai kamu sekalian, seperti terhadap dinding yang miring, terhadap tembok yang hendak roboh?

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
(62-4) Berapa lamakah kamu hendak menyerbu seseorang, hendak meremukkan dia, hai kamu sekalian, seperti terhadap dinding yang miring, terhadap tembok yang hendak roboh?

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwasanya Ialah gunung batuku dan pohon selamatku dan perlindunganku yang tinggi, maka tiada aku akan tergelincuh amat.

Contextual Overview

¹ My soule truly only stayeth vpon the Lorde: for of him commeth my saluation. ² He onlye is my rocke and my sauing helpe: he is my refuge, so that I can not be remoued greatly. ³ Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man? ye shalbe slayne all the sort of you: [ye shalbe] as a tottering wall, [and like] a broken hedge. ⁴ They deuise only howe to thrust [him] from his promotion: they delight in a lye, they blesse with their mouth, and curse with their heart. Selah. ⁵ [Neuerthelesse] O my soule, stay thou only vpon the Lorde: for my confidence is in him. ⁶ He only is my rocke and my sauing helpe: he is my refuge, so that I can not be remoued. ⁷ In the Lorde is my health and my glory: my trust is in the Lorde the fortresse of my force.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How: Psalms 4:2, Psalms 82:2, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 16:28, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 6:9, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 17:17

imagine: Psalms 21:11, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 140:2, Hosea 7:15

ye shall: Psalms 73:18-20, 1 Samuel 26:10

bowing: Isaiah 30:13, Isaiah 30:14

Reciprocal: Judges 16:30 - and the house 1 Samuel 1:14 - How long 1 Kings 20:7 - seeketh mischief Psalms 27:2 - wicked Ezekiel 13:15 - The wall Daniel 6:6 - assembled together Mark 9:5 - it is Acts 24:9 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?.... Against a good man, as the Targum; or against any Israelite, as Kimchi; or rather he means himself, a single man, a weak man, and an innocent one; which aggravated their sin, in devising his hurt, and contriving ways to take away his life, as did Saul and his courtiers; and, Absalom, and those that were with him. R. Jonah, from the Arabic language, interprets the word here used of putting or drawing out the tongue to a great length; that is, multiplying words, as lies and calumnies, in agreement with Psalms 62:4; but Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi, explain it as we do, of devising mischief. The Targum is,

"how long do ye rage against a good man?''

Ye shall be slain all of you; this is a further aggravation of their folly, since it would issue in their own ruin; the mischief they devised for him would fall upon themselves. Some understand this

דרך תפלה, "by way of prayer"; as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech,

"may ye be slain all of you:''

there is a double reading of these words; Ben Napthali, who is followed by the eastern Jews, reads them actively, "ye shall slay"; with which agree the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; and so the Targum,

"ye shall become murderers all of you.''

Ben Asher, who is followed by the western Jews, reads passively as we do, "ye shall be slain"; and which is approved by Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and others;

as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence; which are easily and suddenly pushed down; and so these similes denote the easy, sudden, and certain destruction of those men; see Isaiah 36:13; though some connect the words with the men against whom mischief was imagined by his enemies, who was like a bowing wall and a tottering fence; and so are expressive of his weakness, and of the easy destruction of him; and read the words, "ye shall be slain all of you", in a parenthesis; but the former sense seems best.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? - The original word here rendered “imagine mischief,” from התת hâthath, occurs only in this place. It means, according to Gesenius (Lexicon), to break in upon; to set upon; to assail: “How long will ye break in upon a man?” that is, set upon him. So the Septuagint, and the Latin Vulgate. It does not refer to their merely forming purposes of mischief against a man, but to their making assaults upon him; to their endeavoring to take his life or to destroy him. The address here is to the enemies of David, and the language would apply well to the attempts made upon his life by Absalom and his followers. The question here is, “how long” they would continue to do this; how long they would show this determined purpose to take his life; whether they would never cease thus to persecute him. They had already done it long; they had showed great perseverance in this course of wickedness; and he asks whether it would never come to an end? Who these persons were he does not intimate; but there can be no great danger of mistake in referring the description to Absalom and his adherents.

Ye shall be slain all of you - Prof. Alexander renders this entire passage,” Will ye murder (that is, seek to murder him) all of you (combined against a single person, who is consequently) like wall inclined (or bent by violence), fence (or hedge) crushed (broken down).” So, substantially, DeWette renders it. Those who thus interpret the passage give it an active signification, meaning that his enemies pressed upon him, like a wall that was bent by violence, or a fence that was likely to fall on one. The original word rendered “ye shall be slain,” tªraatsªchuw - תרצחוּ t^erâts^echû, is in the active form (Piel), and cannot without violence be rendered in the passive, as it is in our translation. But the active form may still be retained, and a consistent meaning be given to the whole passage without the forced meaning put on it in the rendering by Prof. Alexander. It is not natural to speak of enemies as so coming on a man as to make him like a falling wall, or a tottering fence. The evident idea is, that they themselves would be as a falling wall; that is, that they would be defeated or disappointed in their purpose, as a wall that has no solid foundation tumbles to the ground. The meaning of the original may be thus expressed: “How long will ye assail a man, that ye may put him to death? All of you shall be as a bowing wall,” etc. That is, You will not accomplish your design; you will fail in your enterprise, as a wall without strength falls to the ground.

As a bowing wall - A wall that bows out, or swells out; a wall that may fall at any moment. See the notes at Isaiah 30:13.

And as a tottering fence - A fence that is ready to fall; that has no firmness. So it would be with them. Their purposes would suddenly give way, as a fence does when the posts are rotted off, and when there is nothing to support it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 62:3. How long will ye imagine mischief — The original word, תהותתו tehothethu, has been translated variously; rush upon, rage against, stir yourselves up, thrust against: the root is התת hathath or התה 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."