Psalms 62:1-9

God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression.

1 ¹My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him ²is my salvation.

2 He only is my ³rock and my salvation, My ⁴stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

3 How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a ⁵leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

4 They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; They ⁶delight in falsehood; They ⁷bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah.

5 My soul, ⁸wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.

6 He only is ⁹my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

7 On God my ¹⁰salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my ¹¹refuge is in God.

8 ¹²Trust in Him at all times, O people; ¹³Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

9 Men * of ¹⁴low * degree * are only ¹⁵vanity and men * of rank are a ¹⁶lie; In the ¹⁷balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath.

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Psalms 62:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, [A Psalm] of David. Concerning "Jeduthun," See Gill on "Ps 39:1," title. Kimchi thinks this psalm was written concerning the captivity; and Jarchi twtdh le, concerning the decrees and judgments made against Israel by their enemies; and so some of their ancient expositions {d}; but it seems to have been composed by David when in distress, either through Saul and his courtiers, or by reason of the conspiracy of Absalom. Theodoret takes it to be a prophecy of the persecution of Antiochus in the times of the Maccabees.

{d} Vid. Yalkut Simeoni in loc.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

1. Psalms 33:20
2. Psalms 37:39
3. Psalms 89:26
4. Psalms 59:17; Psalms 62:6
5. Isaiah 30:13
6. Psalms 4:2
7. Psalms 28:3; Psalms 55:21
8. Psalms 62:1
9. Psalms 62:2
10. Psalms 85:9; Jeremiah 3:23
11. Psalms 46:1
12. Psalms 37:3, 5; Psalms 52:8; Isaiah 26:4
13. 1 Samuel 1:15; Psalms 42:4; Lamentations 2:19
14. Psalms 49:2
15. Job 7:16; Psalms 39:5; Isaiah 40:17
16. Psalms 116:11
17. Isaiah 40:15

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "his"
[b]. "Selah" may mean: "Pause, Crescendo" or "Musical interlude"