Psalms

Chapter 62

Waiting on God

This psalm is a calm but forceful meditation on silence, security, and true weight, as David fixes his soul on God alone as rock, salvation, refuge, and honor while enemies try to topple him with lies. He urges his own soul and then the gathered people to wait in quiet trust, exposes both human status and dishonest gain as vapor and false weight, and closes by resting in two unshakable truths: power belongs to God and steadfast love belongs to the Lord who repays each person according to his work.

Psalm 62 teaches single-hearted dependence in a world of unstable supports. It contrasts the solidity of God with the lightness of social rank, the vanity of wealth, and the duplicity of human plots, showing that true rest, dignity, and justice are found only in the God who is both powerful and faithful.

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Psalms 62

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vv. 1-12

Waiting on God

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F¹or the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. ²He alone is my rock and my salvation. ³How long will you threaten a man? ⁴They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch;

⁵Rest in God alone, O my soul, ⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation; ⁷My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; ⁸Trust in Him at all times, O people;

⁹Lowborn men are but a vapor; ¹⁰Place no trust in extortion ¹¹God has spoken once; ¹²and loving devotion to You, O Lord.

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01vv. 1-12Waiting on GodDavid declares that his soul waits silently for God alone because God is his rock, salvation, fortress, honor, and refuge, even while attackers seek to thrust him down by using flattering speech over a heart bent on curse and collapse. He then exhorts his own soul again to rest in God and widens that counsel to all the people, telling them to pour out their hearts before God because he is a refuge. Against that reality he sets the emptiness of low and high people alike and warns against trusting extortion, robbery, or growing riches. The psalm ends with the settled conviction that power belongs to God and steadfast love belongs to the Lord, who judges and rewards each person justly.