Psalms · 12 verses
Psalms 62
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God has spoken once, but David has heard the matter twice—and the psalm declines to explain the second hearing.
A wall under threatvv. 1–4
David begins in stillness: his soul rests in God, whose rock, salvation, and fortress leave him unshaken. Then the scene tilts sharply towards the attackers, who mean to throw a man down like a leaning wall, smiling with blessings while keeping curses inside. A remarkably poor arrangement of mouths and intentions.
The refuge repeatedvv. 5–8
David tells his own soul to rest again, repeating the rock, salvation, and fortress almost word for word, though this time the promise is that he will not be shaken. Salvation and honour rest on God, and then the address widens to the people: trust, pour out the heart, and find refuge there. The refrain has acquired a congregation.
Vapour, wealth, and the double hearingvv. 9–12
The psalm then weighs human standing and finds both ends insubstantial: the lowborn are a vapor, the exalted a lie, and together they rise on the scale as vapor. Extortion, stolen goods, and increasing riches are all refused as places for the heart to settle. At the end comes the unexplained doubling: God spoke once, David heard twice; power belongs to God, loving devotion belongs to the Lord, and each man will be repaid according to his deeds.
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Ps 62:1For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
Ps 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
Ps 62:3How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
Ps 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Ps 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
Ps 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
Ps 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Ps 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Ps 62:10Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Ps 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Ps 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
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- 8Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- 7Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- 5Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 8Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- 8Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- 8Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 12Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- 81 Samuel 1:15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 5Psalms 27:13–14Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- 11Revelation 19:1After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- 5Lamentations 3:24–26“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
- 1Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- 8Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- 11Job 33:14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- 1Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- 5Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
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