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Psalm 62:5

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5 Zij raadslagen slechts, om hem van zijn hoogheid te verstoten; zij hebben behagen in leugen; met hun mond zegenen zij; maar met hun binnenste vloeken zij. Sela.

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Psalm 62:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 62:5

My soul, wait thou only upon God
Be silent and subject to him, acquiesce in his providences, rest in him patiently and quietly, wait for his salvation; (See Gill on Psalms 62:1); perhaps some new temptation might arise, and David's soul began to be uneasy and impatient; for frames are very changeable things; and therefore he encourages it to be still and quiet, and patiently wait on the Lord, and on him only:

for my expectation [is] from him;
or "my hope", as the Targum; the grace of hope is from the Lord, and the thing hoped for is from him; he is the author and the object of it; and his word of promise encourages to the exercise of it; or "my patience"; as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions. The grace of patience is from the Lord; the means of it is his word; and it is exercised, tried, and increased by afflictions sent and sanctified by him; and "expectation" is nothing else than these graces in exercise, a waiting patiently for things hoped for Old Testament saints expected the first coming of Christ; New Testament saints expect his second coming; and all expect good things from him in time and eternity; nor shall their expectation fail and perish; and therefore is a reason why their souls should wait only on the Lord.

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Psalm 62:5 In-Context

3 Immers is Hij mijn Rotssteen en mijn Heil, mijn Hoog Vertrek, ik zal niet grotelijks wankelen.
4 Hoe lang zult gijlieden kwaad aanstichten tegen een man? Gij allen zult gedood worden; gij zult zijn als een ingebogen wand, een aangestoten muur.
5 Zij raadslagen slechts, om hem van zijn hoogheid te verstoten; zij hebben behagen in leugen; met hun mond zegenen zij; maar met hun binnenste vloeken zij. Sela.
6 Doch gij, o mijn ziel! zwijg Gode; want van Hem is mijn verwachting.
7 Hij is immers mijn Rotssteen en mijn Heil, mijn Hoog Vertrek; ik zal niet wankelen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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