Psalms 62:3

“How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? etc.] 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 (<196204>Psalm 62:4); but Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi, explain it as we do, of devising mischief. The Targum is, “how long do ye rage…”

“Their destruction will come; as a tottering wall they already are feeble and failing. bowing wall shall ye be--better supply "are." Some propose to apply these phrases to describe the condition of "a man"--that is, the pious suffer: thus, "Will ye slay him," &c.; but the other is a good sense.”

“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…”

“Ye - Mine enemies; to whom now he turns his speech. Against - Against me, a man like yourselves, whom common humanity obliges you to pity. Psalms 62:9”

“62:3-4 The enemies desire to topple the king with lies and cunning.”

“How: Psa 4:2, Psa 82:2; Exo 10:3, Exo 16:28; Pro 1:22, Pro 6:9; Jer 4:14; Mat 17:17 imagine: Psa 21:11, Psa 38:12, Psa 140:2; Hos 7:15 ye shall: Psa 73:18-20; Sa1 26:10 bowing: Isa 30:13, Isa 30:14 Psalms 62:4”