Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 62:7
In God, Heb. upon or with God. It depends upon him and his favour and help. My glory; either,
1. The manner of my glorying. Or,
2. That honour which I either have or hope for.
In God, Heb. upon or with God. It depends upon him and his favour and help. My glory; either,
1. The manner of my glorying. Or,
2. That honour which I either have or hope for.
Verse Psalms 62:7. _IN GOD_ IS _MY SALVATION_] עי אלהים _al Elohim_, "Upon God is my salvation;" he has taken it _upon himself_. _And my_ _glory _- the preservation of my _state_, and the safety of my...
IN GOD IS MY SALVATION - See Psalms 62:1. That is, his salvation, his safety, his anticipated deliverance, was to come only from God. AND MY GLORY - That in which I glory or boast; the source of all...
Psalms 62 Waiting and Trusting _ 1. He only (Psalms 62:1)_ 2. Persecuted (Psalms 62:3) 3. My expectation from him (Psalms 62:5
LXII. REST IN GOD. The Psalmist, who is closely allied in thought and style to the author of Psalms 4, exhorts to complete trust in God. He expresses his trust in Psalms 62:1 f., his rest in Psalms 62...
IN GOD IS. Upon God [depends] my salvation....
The opening verses are repeated, with slight variations, leading up to an exhortation to the Psalmist's sympathisers to trust in God....
_In God_ R.V., With God, lit, _upon God_(cp. Psalms 7:10, note). It rests with God to deliver him and defend his honour; his personal reputation and (if the speaker is David) his royal dignity. See Ps...
DISCOURSE: 599 GOD OUR ONLY AND ALL-SUFFICIENT HELP Psalms 62:5. _My soul, wait thou only upon God: for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not b...
PSALMS 62 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Restful Resolution, Exposing the Treacherous and Encouraging the Timorous, traces both Power and Kindness to God the Judge of All. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 62:1-4, Cou...
_MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD; FOR MY EXPECTATION IS FROM HIM._ -From the enemy he turns to God, urging his own soul, as well as others, to wait only upon him. Verse 5,6. MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY...
This is a Ps. of the strongest faith, in which the experience of hostility (Psalms 62:3) and the contemplation of life (Psalms 62:9) only provide the background against which a serene confidence in Go...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
IN GOD. — Literally, _upon God,_ as in Psalms 7:10....
_[Psalms 62:8]_ עַל ־אֱ֭לֹהִים יִשְׁעִ֣י וּ כְבֹודִ֑י...
Psalms 62:1 THERE are several points of affinity between this psalm and the thirty-ninth-such as the frequent use of the particle of asseveration or restriction ("surely" or "only"); the rare and beau...
OUR ONLY ROCK AND REFUGE Psalms 62:1 This is the “Only” Psalm. It consists of three stanzas, each of which begins with that word and ends with _Selah._ It was probably composed during Absalom's rebe...
In this psalm the principle of the last is yet more emphatically expressed. It opens with the declaration: My soul waiteth only upon God, and then proceeds in three stanzas to set forth this fact. The...
In God [is] my salvation and my (f) glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God. (f) These vehement and often repetitions were necessary to strengthen his faith against the horrible...
_Bed. I will think on thee both when I retire to rest, and when I get up. (Berthier) --- Thou art my first beginning, and last end. (Haydock) --- At all times I will meditate on thy mercies (Calmet) i...
Reader, do not fail to remark how quickly the soul of the faithful returns again to the God of his confidence. We may spare a moment to admonish the ungodly, but our own joy must not be long broken in...
7._In God is my salvation _One expression is here heaped upon another and this apparently because he wished to rein that infirmity of disposition which makes us so prone to slide into wrong exercise....
In Psalms 62 confidence is more expressed. It is not looking from an overwhelmed heart, but a free looking up, so that one is not overwhelmed. His soul waits on God, has none else indeed, but does not...
IN GOD [IS] MY SALVATION,.... Or "upon God" h; he that is God over all has took it upon him to save me; he is the author of salvation to me; and it is in him safe and secure, and I shall be saved in h...
In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God. Ver. 7. _In God is my salvation and my glory, &c._] By these many adjuncts and attributions David helpeth...
TRUST IN GOD IN THE FACE OF GREAT DANGER. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, the special choirmaster being named who should take charge of this hymn for use in public worship, a psalm of David, appa...
In God is my salvation, in God alone it rested, upon Him alone it depended, AND MY GLORY, he was fully satisfied if only God accepted him, this being of greater value than all approbation and praise o...
1-7 We are in the way both of duty and comfort, when our souls wait upon God; when we cheerfully give up ourselves, and all our affairs, to his will and wisdom; when we leave ourselves to all the way...
Psalms 62:7 God H430 salvation H3468 glory H3519 rock H6697 strength H5797 refuge H4268 God H430 In God -...
2). HE CALLS ON HIMSELF AND HIS PEOPLE TO TRUST WHOLLY IN GOD, WHO IS THEIR SURE DEFENCE AND REFUGE (5-8). He now repeats and expands on what he has said in Psalms 62:1, calling on himself again to wa...
In this Psalm the royal singer casts himself entirely on God. Here we see the foundation of his expectation laid bare. He has no confidence anywhere but in God. The Psalm begins in the original with t...
Psalms 62:1. _Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation._ Waiting upon God, if not true and sincere, is only a mockery; it is also an insult to the Lord; and, so far from bringing...
CONTENTS: David professes his confidence in God and encourages himself to wait on God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Hope in God will always be an anchor to the soul, sure and steadfast. Thoug...
This psalm is inscribed to Jeduthun, leader of a choral band in the temple. 1 Chronicles 6:41. Both this and Psalms 63., have been understood as composed in the wilderness, though some would refer thi...
_Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation._ A TESTIMONY AND AN EXHORTATION I. A religious testimony. 1. Concerning self (Psalms 62:1; Psalms 62:6). His confidence in God was--...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 62:1. God’s people sing this psalm for encouragement as they are oppressed by powerful, wealthy people. In such a situation, it would be easy to despair, or else to seek sec...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician_.” See introduction to Psalms 57. “_To Jeduthun_.” See introduction to Psalms 39. “_A Psalm of David_.” “There are no historical statements or de...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm, like so many, is the cry of an afflicted one—a man of high position, whom his enemies seek to destroy, or, if that be not possible, to thrust down from his dignity (Psalms 62:3,...
Psa 62:1-12, another psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: and from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock (Psalms 62:1) So remember the last one, "Lead me to the Rock that is higher t...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Galatians 6:14; Isaiah 26:4;...