Psalms 62:1

1 For the leader. Set in the style of Y'dutun. A psalm of David: My soul waits in silence for God alone; my salvation comes from him.

Psalms 62:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 62:1

Truly my soul waiteth upon God
In the use of means, for answers of prayer, for performance of promises, and for deliverance from enemies, and out of every trouble: or "is silent" ^F5, as the Targum; not as to prayer, but as to murmuring; patiently and quietly waiting for salvation until the Lord's time come to give it; being "subject" to him, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions; resigned to his will, and patient under his afflicting hand: it denotes a quiet, patient, waiting on the Lord, and not merely bodily exercise in outward ordinances; but an inward frame of spirit, a soul waiting on the Lord, and that in truth and reality, in opposition to mere form and show; and with constancy "waiteth", and "only" ^F6 on him, as the same particle is rendered in ( Psalms 62:2 Psalms 62:6 ) ; and so Aben Ezra here;

from him [cometh] my salvation;
both temporal, spiritual, and eternal, and not from any creature; the consideration of which makes the mind quiet and easy under afflictive provide uses: the contrivance of everlasting salvation is from the Father, the impetration of it from the Son, and the application of it from the Spirit.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (hymwd) "silet", Pagninus, Munster, Cocceius; "silens", Montanus, Tigurine version; so the Targum.
F6 (Ka) "tantum", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "tantummodo", Junius & Tremellius, Schmidt.

Psalms 62:1 In-Context

1 For the leader. Set in the style of Y'dutun. A psalm of David: My soul waits in silence for God alone; my salvation comes from him.

2 He alone is my rock and salvation, my stronghold; I won't be greatly moved.

3 How long will you assail a person in order to murder him, all of you, as if he were a sagging wall or a shaky fence?

4 They only want to shake him from his height, they take delight in lying with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. (Selah)

5 My soul, wait in silence for God alone, because my hope comes from him.