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Psalm 62

Psa. 62:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How long will ye imagine mischief
hathath' (Hebrew #2050)
properly, to break in upon, i.e. to assail
KJV usage: imagine mischief.
Pronounce: haw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
against a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
? ye shall be slain
ratsach (Hebrew #7523)
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
KJV usage: put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er).
Pronounce: raw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
all of you: as a bowing
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
wall
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
shall ye be, and as a tottering
dachah (Hebrew #1760)
a primitive root; to push down
KJV usage: chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, X sore, thrust, totter.
Pronounce: daw-khaw'
Origin: or dachach {Jer. 23:12) {daw-khakh'}
fence
gader (Hebrew #1447)
a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure
KJV usage: fence, hedge, wall.
Pronounce: gaw-dare'
Origin: from 1443
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 4:2• 2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. (Psa. 4:2)
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Psa. 82:2• 2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. (Psa. 82:2)
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Ex. 10:3• 3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. (Ex. 10:3)
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Ex. 16:28• 28And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? (Ex. 16:28)
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Prov. 1:22• 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? (Prov. 1:22)
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Prov. 6:9• 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? (Prov. 6:9)
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Jer. 4:14• 14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? (Jer. 4:14)
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Matt. 17:17• 17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. (Matt. 17:17)
imagine.
Psa. 21:11• 11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. (Psa. 21:11)
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Psa. 38:12• 12They 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. (Psa. 38:12)
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Psa. 140:2• 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. (Psa. 140:2)
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Hos. 7:15• 15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. (Hos. 7:15)
ye shall.
Psa. 73:18‑20• 18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
 19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
 20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. (Psa. 73:18‑20)
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1 Sam. 26:10• 10David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. (1 Sam. 26:10)
bowing.
Isa. 30:13‑14• 13Therefore 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.
 14And 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. (Isa. 30:13‑14)
• The psalmist, turning to his enemies, deprecates their secret attacks upon one who is in weakness, like “a bowing wall, or a tottering fence” (JND). (“Psalms 62” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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?