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Psalms 62:8

Render in accordance with the Massoretic punctuation, Trust ye in him at all times, O people. He exhorts his faint-hearted followers, who were in danger of being carried away by the show of power on Absalom's side. Cp. 2 Samuel 17:2 ff for -people" used of David's adherents. It is unnecessary to follow the LXX in reading, Trust ye in him, O whole assembly of the people.

pour out your heart Give free vent to your anxieties: make them all known to God. Cp. Psalms 42:4.

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See also Psalms 62:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 62:8. _TRUST IN HIM - YE PEOPLE_] All ye who are faithful to your king, continue to trust in God. The usurper will soon be cast down, and your rightful sovereign restored to his governmen...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES - This exhortation, addressed to all persons, in all circumstances, and at all times, is founded on the personal experience of the psalmist, and on the views which he had of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 62 Waiting and Trusting _ 1. He only (Psalms 62:1)_ 2. Persecuted (Psalms 62:3) 3. My expectation from him (Psalms 62:5

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TRUST. Confide. Hebrew. _batah_. App-69. AT ALL TIMES, Septuagint and Vulg, read "all ye assembly of the People". SELAH. Connecting his trust in God with the nothingness of man. See App-66....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 62:9]_ בִּטְח֘וּ בֹ֤ו בְ כָל ־עֵ֨ת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, (g) pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. (g) He admonishes us of our wicked nature, which would rather hide our sorrow and bite the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    He now addressed the people of God, as he had before expostulated with the ungodly. And the sum and substance of his advice is, to proclaim the certainty of their interest in a covenant God in Christ,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES, [YE] PEOPLE,.... Of the house of Israel, as the Targum; or of God, as Aben Ezra; all that are Israelites indeed, and are the Lord's covenant people; these are exhorted and e...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. Ver. 8. _Trust in him at all times_] As well in the fail of outward comforts as in the abundan...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Trust in him at all times, ye people_ By my example be encouraged, and learn to trust in God. _Pour out your heart before him_ Make known to him all the desires, cares, and griefs of your hearts free...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Trust in Him at all times, ye people, this cry being so general that it seems addressed to all men; POUR OUT YOUR HEART BEFORE HIM, a strong figure for bringing all anxieties and troubles to His atten...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-12 Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us. the good counsel given is, to trust w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES, YE PEOPLE; by my example be encouraged, and learn to trust God. POUR OUT YOUR HEART BEFORE HIM, i.e. make known all the desires, and cares, and griefs of your hearts to him...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 62:8 Trust H982 (H8798) times H6256 people H5971 out H8210 (H8798) heart H3824 before H6440 God...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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--...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Trust in Him at all times._ THE DUTY OF TRUSTING IN GOD I. As interesting fact asserted. “God is a refuge for us.” This is a fact in which all mankind are deeply interested. If God be not our refug...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 62:8 After speaking to his own soul (vv. Psalms 62:5), the singer now addresses the whole congregation (O PEOPLE). He urges them to trust in God and

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:28; 1 Samuel 1:15; Hebrews 6:18; Isaiah 26:16; Isaiah 26:4;...

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