Psalms 62:1-10

1 God, the one and only - I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I need comes from him, so why not?

2 He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I'm set for life.

3 How long will you gang up on me? How long will you run with the bullies? There's nothing to you, any of you - rotten floorboards, worm-eaten rafters,

4 Anthills plotting to bring down mountains, far gone in make-believe. You talk a good line, but every "blessing" breathes a curse.

5 God, the one and only - I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not?

6 He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I'm set for life.

7 My help and glory are in God

8 So trust him absolutely, people; lay your lives on the line for him. God is a safe place to be.

9 Man as such is smoke, woman as such, a mirage. Put them together, they're nothing; two times nothing is nothing.

10 And a windfall, if it comes - don't make too much of it.

Psalms 62:1-10 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.