Psalms 62:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

How long will ye imagine mischief{H8779)} against a man? ye shall be slain{H8792)} all of you: as a bowing{H8803)} wall shall ye be, and as a tottering{H8803)} 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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Referenced Verses

Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge{H8799)} unjustly, and accept{H8799)} the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Ps 140:2 : 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Exod 16:28 : 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Hos 7:15 : 15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Matt 17:17 : 17 Then 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.
1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David 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.
Exod 10:3 : 3 And 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.
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 at an instant. 14 And 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.
Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh{H8687)}; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise{H8799)} their image.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 62:4
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4They only consult{H8804)} to cast him down{H8687)} from his excellency: they delight{H8799)} in lies: they bless{H8762)} with their mouth, but they curse{H8762)} inwardly. Selah.
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11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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Ps 52:5
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Ps 89:40-41
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40Thou hast broken down{H8804)} all his hedges; thou hast brought{H8804)} his strong holds to ruin.
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22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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Ps 64:7-8
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7But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
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60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
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9What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
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11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
Ps 55:10
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10Day and night they go about{H8779)} it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Ps 38:12
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12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 37:14-15
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.
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Ps 56:5
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5Every day they wrest{H8762)} my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Isa 30:13
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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.
Ps 140:9
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9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 83:3
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3They have taken crafty{H8686)} counsel against thy people, and consulted{H8691)} against thy hidden ones{H8803)}.
Ps 92:7
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7When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
Ezek 16:40
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40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
Ps 55:23
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23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Ps 73:18
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18Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction.
Ps 55:20
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20He hath put forth{H8804)} his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken{H8765)} his covenant.
Ps 11:2
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2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Ps 64:3-4
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3Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
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Ps 94:4
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4How long shall they utter{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} hard things? and all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity boast{H8691)} themselves?
Jer 20:10
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Ps 37:32
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32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him.
Ezek 26:9
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9And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Ps 13:2
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2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Ps 52:1-2
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1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came{H8800)} and told{H8686)} Saul, and said{H8799)} unto him, David is come{H8804)} to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest{H8691)} thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.
Ps 58:7
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Prov 24:15
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15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Ps 57:6
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6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Jer 11:19
71%
19But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Ps 28:3
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3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Ps 37:2
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2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither{H8799)} as the green herb.
Ps 35:20
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20For they speak not peace: but they devise{H8799)} deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Ps 83:5
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5For they have consulted{H8738)} together with one consent: they are{H8799)} confederate against thee:
Ps 62:2
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2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved{H8735)}.