Psalms 62:1-3

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

1 ^[a]Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.

2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

3 How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

Psalms 62:1-3 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 5:3; Psalms 33:20
• 2. ver 5
• 3. Psalms 18:31; Psalms 89:26
• 4. S Exodus 15:2
• 5. S Psalms 59:9
• 6. S Job 29:18
• 7. Isaiah 30:13

Footnotes

• [a]. In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13.