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Psalm 62:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 62:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress, so that I stand ever unshaken.
4 How long will you assault someone,
and all of you beat him down,
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering fence?[a]
5 They devise plots to dislodge me
from my place on high[b]
and delight in spreading lies about me.
They bless with their lips,
but they curse in their hearts. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 62:4 Leaning wall . . . tottering fence: metaphor for the psalmist’s state of weakness—real (in God’s eyes) or imagined (by his enemies).
- Psalm 62:5 Place on high: either a throne in the case of David or a place of safety such as a fortress on a cliff in the case of another psalmist. Hearts: see note on Ps 4:8.
