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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Psalms 62:6

He only is my rock ... - See the notes at Psalms 62:2. The only difference between this verse and Psalms 62:2 is, that in this verse the word “greatly” is omitted. The psalmist declares here in the most absolute manner, that he shall not be “moved” at all. In Psalms 62:2, he said that he would not be “greatly moved;” his mind would not be much or materially disturbed. The language here indicates more entire confidence - more certain conviction - showing that the slight apprehension or fear which existed in the beginning of the psalm, had been wholly dissipated, and that his mind had become perfectly calm.

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  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _my defence_ My high tower, as in Psalms 62:2. _I shall not be moved_ Perhaps the omission of -greatly" (Psalms 62:2) marks a growing faith....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The opening verses are repeated, with slight variations, leading up to an exhortation to the Psalmist's sympathisers to trust in God....

  • 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 62:7]_ אַךְ ־ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִֽ ישׁוּעָתִ֑י...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fatness. With the most exquisite delights of the temple, Jeremias xxxi. 14. (Calmet) --- Thy grace will enable me to give thee due praise (Worthington) with joy. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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

    HE ONLY [IS] MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION,.... Psalms 62:2; [HE IS] MY DEFENCE; these epithets of God are repeated, to strengthen his faith and hope in him, and to encourage a patient waiting upon him;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved. Ver. 6. _He only is, &c._] _Versus amoibaeus._ See Psalms 62:2 . _ I shall not be moved_] Before it was, I shall not...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He only is my Rock and my Salvation, the thought of v. 2. being repeated with emphasis; HE IS MY DEFENSE; I SHALL NOT BE MOVED, his confidence being increased to the point where he knew himself to be...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 62:6 rock H6697 salvation H3444 defense H4869 moved H4131 (H8735) rock - Psalms 62:2,...

  • 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...

  • 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. .. My soul, wait thou only upon God._ SILENCE TO GOD These clauses correspond: the “truly” of the first is the same word as the “only” of the second, and in each it...

  • 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 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 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

    Hosea 1:7; Isaiah 45:17; Proverbs 10:30; Proverbs 12:7; Psalms 112:6;

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