Psalms 62

Ps 62:1-12.

To Jeduthun--(See on

Ps 39:1,

title). The general tone of this Psalm is expressive of confidence in

God. Occasion is taken to remind the wicked of their sin, their ruin,

and their meanness.

1. waiteth--literally, "is silent," trusts submissively and confidently

as a servant.

2. The titles applied to God often occur

(Ps 9:9; 18:2).

be greatly moved--

(Ps 10:6).

No injury shall be permanent, though devised by enemies.

3. Their destruction will come; as a tottering wall they already

are feeble and failing.

bowing wall shall ye be--better supply "are." Some propose to apply

these phrases to describe the condition of "a man"--that is, the pious

suffer: thus, "Will ye slay him," &c.; but the other is a good sense.

4. his excellency--or, elevation to which God had raised him

(Ps 4:2).

This they try to do by lies and duplicity

(Ps 5:9).

5, 6. (Compare

Ps 62:1, 2).

6. not be moved--not at all; his confidence has increased.

7. rock of my strength--or strongest support

(Ps 7:10; 61:3).

8. pour out your heart--give full expression to feeling

(1Sa 1:15;

Job 30:16;

Ps 42:4).

ye people--God's people.

9. No kind of men are reliable, compared with God

(Isa 2:22;

Jer 17:5).

altogether--alike, one as the other

(Ps 34:3).

10. Not only are oppression and robbery, which are wicked means of

wealth, no grounds of boasting; but even wealth, increasing lawfully,

ought not to engross the heart.

11. once; twice--(as in

Job 33:14; 40:5),

are used to give emphasis to the sentiment. God's power is tempered by

His mercy, which it also sustains.

12. for thou renderest--literally, "that Thou renderest," &c.,

connected with "I heard this," as the phrase--"that power," &c.

[Ps 62:11]

--teaching that by His power He can show both mercy and justice.