Psalm 62:2

2 For he is my God, and my saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved very much.

Psalm 62:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 62:2

He only [is] my Rock and my salvation
The Rock on which the church is built, and every believer; and which was David's safety, shelter, and shade, and which made him easy in his present state; and he was the author of his salvation, and the rock and strength of it, ( Psalms 95:1 ) ;

[he is] my defence;
or refuge; see ( Psalms 9:9 ) ( 46:7 ) ( Psalms 59:9 Psalms 59:17 ) ;

I shall not be greatly moved;
or "with much motion", as Kimchi; or "with great motions", as Jarchi: he could not be moved off of the rock on which he was built; nor out of the city of refuge, whither he had betook himself for safety; and though he might be troubled in spirit, and shaken in mind, and staggered in his faith, and fall from some degree of steadfastness of it; yet not fall so as to be utterly cast down, or finally and totally, and so as to perish eternally. Aben Ezra interprets it, "shall not be moved" into the great deep; into the abyss or bottomless pit; and so some of the ancient Midrashes expound (hbd) of "hell" ^F7; but much better is the Targum,

``I shall not be moved in a day of great affliction;''

see ( Acts 20:23 Acts 20:24 ) ( 1 Thessalonians 3:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Jarchi & Yalkut Simeoni in loc.

Psalm 62:2 In-Context

1 Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation.

2 For he is my God, and my saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved very much.

3 How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.

4 They only took counsel to set at nought mine honour: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause.

5 Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him is my patient hope.

6 For he is my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved.

8 Hope in him, all ye congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause.

9 But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike formed out of vanity.

10 Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

11 God has spoken once, and I have heard these two things, that power is of God;

12 and mercy is thine, O Lord; for thou wilt recompense every one according to his works.