Psalms 62:3-12

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

4 Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.^[a]

5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

7 My salvation and my honor depend on God^[b] ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

9 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

10 Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

11 One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,

12 and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”

Psalms 62:3-12 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. Isaiah 30:13
• 2. Psalms 28:3; Psalms 55:21
• 3. ver 1
• 4. S Psalms 61:3; Psalms 46:1; Psalms 85:9; Jeremiah 3:23
• 5. Psalms 37:5; Isaiah 26:4
• 6. 1 Samuel 1:15; Psalms 42:4; Lamentations 2:19; Matthew 26:36-46
• 7. Psalms 49:2
• 8. S Job 7:7; Psalms 39:5,11
• 9. Isaiah 40:15
• 10. S Psalms 12:5; 1 Timothy 6:17
• 11. Isaiah 61:8; Ezekiel 22:29; Nahum 3:1
• 12. S Job 31:25; Matthew 19:23-24; 1 Timothy 6:6-10
• 13. S 1 Chronicles 29:11; Revelation 19:1
• 14. Psalms 86:5; Psalms 103:8; Psalms 130:7
• 15. S Job 21:31; Job 34:11; Psalms 28:4; S Matthew 16:27; Romans 2:6*; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Colossians 3:25

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
• [b]. Or "/ God Most High is my salvation and my honor"