Psalms 62:3 meaning and explanation

How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

Psalms 62:3, Berean Standard Bible

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David is speaking, likely as king under pressure from enemies or false friends, and he turns from his own quiet trust in God to address the hostile crowd around him. The Hebrew verb here carries the sense of plotting against someone, and the images are vivid: a leaning wall and a tottering fence are structures already close to collapse, so the attackers are pictured as pushing over something that is nearly falling anyway.

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