Psalms 62:9

“Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, etc.] Or “sons of Adam” ; of the earthly man; of fallen Adam; one of his immediate sons was called Hebel, “vanity”; and it is true of all his sons; but here it designs only one sort of them; such as are poor and low in the world; mean men, as the phrase is rendered in (<230209>Isaiah 2:9); (see Gill on “<194902>Psalm 49:2”); these are subject to sinful vanity; their thoughts are vain, their affections vain, their minds vain, their conversation vain, sinful, foolish, fallacious, and inconstant. The wicked poor are, generally speaking, of all persons, the f829 most wicked; and therefore, though they are the multitude, they are not to be trusted in. The…”

“No kind of men are reliable, compared with God (Isa 2:22; Jer 17:5). altogether--alike, one as the other (Psa 34:3).”

“Surely men of low degree are vanity - literally, “vanity are the sons of Adam,” but the word Adam here is used evidently to represent men, or the race. The same word is also employed particularly to represent common men, or men of the humbler rank, in contradistinction to the word אישׁ 'ı̂ysh - which is the other word used here, and rendered “men of high degree.” Compare, for this use of the word, Hosea 6:7. The same antithesis between the two words is found in Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15. The idea here is, that in the great matters which pertain to us, we cannot depend on men, and that our hope - our trust - must be in God. Of men of the humbler or lower classes, it is said that they are…”

“Vanity - Vain, and helpless creatures. A lie - They promise much, but generally deceive those who trust in them. Psalms 62:10”

“62:9-12 Unlike God, humans are transient beings. Even when they thrive, their prosperity is fleeting. 62:9 not what they appear to be: People often try to look stronger and better than they are.”

“Surely: Psa 39:5, Psa 39:11; Sa1 18:5, Sa1 18:7, Sa1 23:12, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 23:20; Sa2 15:6; Mat 21:9; Joh 19:15 of high: Psa 55:13, Psa 55:14, Psa 118:9; Sa1 18:21-26, Sa1 26:21-25; Sa2 15:31; Rom 3:4 laid: Dan 5:27 altogether: or, alike lighter: Isa 40:15, Isa 40:17 Psalms 62:10”

“Just as all men with everything earthly upon which they rely are perishable, so also the purely earthly form which the new kingship has assumed carries within itself the germ of ruin; and God will decide as Judge, between the dethroned and the usurpers, in accordance with the relationship in which they stand to Him. This is the internal connection of the third group with the two preceding ones. By means of the strophe vv. 10-13, our Psalm is brought into the closest reciprocal relationship with Psa 39:1-13. Concerning בּני־אדם and בּני־אישׁ vid., on Psa 49:3; Psa 4:3. The accentuation divides Psa 62:10 quite correctly. The Athnach does not mark בּמאזנים לעלות as an independent clause: they…”