The word ghadeer appears in the third verse...

The word ghadeer appears in the third verse, the one in any series of twelve usually evoking the experiences of Imam Husseyn (as). The entire Psalm dears with the issue of divine authority. But verse 3 touches on the question of accepting, or in this case, not accepting the man established by God to represent His authority on earth. Psalm 62:3(4) “How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?

ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.” Here ghadeer is translated as “fence.” The word “ish” or “man” as used in the Psalms often has Imamic implications, as is clearly seen in Psalm 1:1. The implication is that those who should imagine mischief against “a man” or the Imam and who should kill him, will in the same way also be slain themselves. The Imam is equated directly here with the ghadeer or fence that indicates the right path.

This warning against those who break the covenant of ghadeer is repeated in Ecclesiastes 10:8 ”He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an…