Psalms 62

To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David

62:Title “Jeduthun” – 1 Chron 16:41; 1 Chron 25:1.⚜

Truly my soul waits for God.

From him comes my salvation.

62:1 Some trust in men. But what are men? Failing, sinful beings – vs 3,4,9. Some trust in violence or riches which are here today and gone tomorrow. Only God is worthy of our trust. True salvation can come only from Him (Ps 3:8; 37:39).⚜

2 He alone is my rock

and my salvation.

He is my defense.

I will not be greatly shaken.

3 How long will you make attacks

against a man?

All of you will be killed.

You will be like a

leaning wall,

and like a tottering fence.

62:3 Many there are who would try to shake and destroy God’s people. But though in themselves they are weak, all the attempts of the wicked to defeat them will come to nothing. God is the salvation and defense of His people. What can the wicked do?⚜

4 They only confer to throw him down from

his high position.

They delight in lies.

They bless with their mouth,

but inwardly they curse. Selah

62:4 To tell lies is bad enough, to delight in falsehood is a mark of the deepest depravity. Those David describes here were the worst sort of hypocrites (Ps 12:2; 28:3; 55:21).⚜

5 My soul, waits for God alone,

for my expectation is

from him.

6 He alone is my rock

and my salvation.

He is my defense;

I will not be shaken.

7 In God is my salvation

and my glory.

The rock of my strength,

and my refuge,

is in God.

8 Trust in him at all times,

you people.

Pour out your heart

before him.

God is a refuge

for us. Selah

62:8 See Ps 37:3, 5; 52:8; Isa 26:4. Better counsel was never given any people. The one true and living God, the Creator of the universe, is worthy of our trust and will never fail the person who depends on Him. We should trust “at all times” – in health and in sickness, in rest and at work, in joy and in sadness, in success and in failure, in prosperity and in poverty, in security and in danger, in times of light and understanding and in times of darkness and perplexity.

God wants us to “pour out” before Him everything in our mind and heart, to be completely frank and open with Him about all our sorrows, difficulties, desires, failures, sins, troubles, and joys and successes (Job 10:2). Far more than human friends He will listen with sympathy, understanding, and compassion, and willingness and ability to help. He is the refuge from Satan, and all troubles, and all evil men, and all weakness, ignorance and sinfulness within us.⚜

9 Surely men of low status

are a vapour,

and men of high status

are a lie.

If they are weighed

in the balances,

they are altogether

lighter than vapour.

10 Do not trust in oppression,

and do not

have a vain hope

in robbery.

If riches increase, do not set

your heart

on them.

62:10 There is a living God to trust. Why foolishly dream of trusting anything else? On riches see Ps 49:6; 52:7; Mark 10:24; Luke 12:15; 1 Tim 6:10.⚜

11 God has spoken once;

twice I have heard this:

power belongs to God.

12 Also to you, O Lord,

belongs mercy,

for you repay every man

according to his work.

62:11-12 God has both the ability and the willingness to help His people. There is no lack of power or grace with Him. To whom, then, should we go?⚜