Psalms 62:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַךְ־ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִֽישׁוּעָתִ֑י מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י לֹא־אֶמּ֥וֹט רַבָּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾak-hûʾ my ṣûr and my yĕshûʿâtî; my miśgabbî, not ʾemmôṭ rabbâ

Grammar Details

*ʾak-hûʾ*: adverb with 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - surely/only he
*ṣûr*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - rock
*yĕshûʿâtî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix, with conjunctive waw - my salvation
*miśgabbî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my high place/stronghold/refuge
*ʾemmôṭ*: 1st person singular imperfect of root mot with negative particle - I will not be shaken/moved
*rabbâ*: feminine singular adjective - greatly/much

Word Meanings

*ʾak-hûʾ*: surely he/only he/indeed he
*ṣûr*: rock/strength/boulder
*yĕshûʿâtî*: my salvation/deliverance/victory/help
*miśgabbî*: my stronghold/high tower/refuge/fortress
*ʾemmôṭ*: be moved/shaken/tottered/slip
*rabbâ*: greatly/much/exceedingly

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How long] will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? {Selah}
Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah
Ps 140:2 : 2 Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Exod 16:28 : 28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Hos 7:15 : 15 Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.
Matt 17:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
1 Sam 26:10 : 10 And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Prov 6:9 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Isa 30:13-14 : 13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant. 14 And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

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