Psalms 62:1-8

1 psalmus David cum esset in deserto Iudaeae

2 Deus Deus meus ad te de luce vigilo sitivit in te anima mea quam multipliciter tibi caro mea

3 in terra deserta et invia et inaquosa sic in sancto apparui tibi ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam

4 quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas labia mea laudabunt te

5 sic benedicam te in vita mea in nomine tuo levabo manus meas

6 sicut adipe et pinguidine repleatur anima mea et labia exultationis laudabit os meum

7 si memor fui tui super stratum meum in matutinis meditabar in te

8 quia fuisti adiutor meus et in velamento alarum tuarum exultabo

Psalms 62:1-8 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.