John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 62:10
Trust not in oppression ,.... Either in the power of oppressing others; see Isaiah 30:12 ; or in riches gotten by oppression, which being put into a man's hand by his friend, he keeps, and will not return them; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it of mammon unlawfully obtained; mammon of unrighteousness, or unrighteous mammon; see Jeremiah 17:11 ; and become not vain in robbery ; in riches gotten by open rapine and theft; and men become vain herein when they boast of such riches,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity ,.... Or "sons of Adam" F9 בני אדם "filii Adam", Musculus, Michaelis; "nati plebeio homine", Junius & Tremellius; "plebeii", Gejerus; "sons of base men", Ainsworth. ; 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 Isaiah 2:9 ; See Gill on Psalm... read more