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Verse Psalms 62:2. _I SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED._] Having God for my
_rock _- strong fortified place, for my _salvation _- continual
safety, and my _defence _- my elevated tower, which places me out...
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HE ONLY IS MY ROCK ... - See the notes at Psalms 18:2.
I SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED - The word greatly here, or much - “I
shall not be much moved,” implies that he did not anticipate perfect
security...
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Psalms 62
Waiting and Trusting
_ 1. He only (Psalms 62:1)_
2. Persecuted (Psalms 62:3)
3. My expectation from him (Psalms 62:5
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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...
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ONLY. same word as "truly", Psalms 62:1.
SALVATION. Repeated for emphasis.
DEFENCE. high tower....
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Patiently the Psalmist awaits God's help, and remonstrates with his
enemies for their malice and hypocrisy....
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The same titles _my rock, my salvation, my high tower_, are combined
in Psalms 18:2. The title _Rock_is frequently used to symbolise the
strength, faithfulness, and unchangeableness of Jehovah: here ...
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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...
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_HE ONLY IS MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION; HE IS MY DEFENCE; I SHALL NOT BE
GREATLY MOVED._
He only is my rock and my salvation ... my defense - or 'high places.'
The accumulated names of God as the "ONLY...
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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...
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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...
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DEFENCE. — Properly, _high tower,_ as so often. The metaphor is
important here from the contrast with the _tottering wall_ of next
verse.
SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED... — _i.e._ (as in Psalms 37:24),...
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_[Psalms 62:3]_ אַךְ ־ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִֽ
ישׁוּעָתִ֑י...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(b) He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall
not be greatly moved.
(b) It appears by the often repetition of this word, that the prophet
endured many temptations by resting...
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Day. The manna dissolved with the sun beams, and God will be served
with diligence. --- Flesh. The sensations of my soul affect all my
body. (Worthington) --- Thirst is more insupportable than hunger;...
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Whether we behold Christ in the first place, or David, as a member of
Christ, in the next point of view; or whether we consider the whole
body of Christ in any of the exercised members of Jesus in his...
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_FAITH TRIUMPHANT_
‘He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.’
Psalms 62:2
This psalm is an expression of strong and experienced faith. Let us
call it Faith Triumphant. It falls naturally into...
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The particle אך, _ach, _in the second verse, I would render in the
same way as in the first. The believer triumphs in one encounter with
temptation only to enter upon another; and here David, who appe...
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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...
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HE ONLY [IS] MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION,.... The Rock on which the
church is built, and every believer; and which was David's safety,
shelter, and shade, and which made him easy in his present state; an...
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_He only is my rock_ He hath been so often; in him I have found
shelter, and strength, and succour; he hath, by his grace, supported
me under, and delivered me out of my troubles, and by his providenc...
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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...
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He only is my Rock and my Salvation, a stronger expression than in v.
l, denoting the truth that, God being his, he already possesses
deliverance from every evil, the certainty of salvation through Hi...
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DEFENCE:
_ Heb._ high place...
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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...
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Though I may be shaken, yet I shall not be overthrown. Compare PSALMS
37:24 2 CORINTHIANS 4:9....
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Psalms 62:2 rock H6697 salvation H3444 defense H4869 greatly H7227
moved H4131 (H8735)
He only -...
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‘He only is my rock and my deliverance,
He is my high tower, I will not be greatly moved.'
And this is why he can wait in silence before God in such confidence.
It is because God is his Rock and his...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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--...
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_He only is my rock and my salvation._
GOD ALONE THE SALVATION OF HIS PEOPLE
“My rock!” What a history the rock might give you of the storms to
which it has been exposed; of the tempests which have r...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:9; Deuteronomy
32:30;...