George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 62:4
Lives. For these must perish, while heaven remains for ever. (St. Hilary) --- This consolation is preferable to any worldly prosperity. (Worthington)
Lives. For these must perish, while heaven remains for ever. (St. Hilary) --- This consolation is preferable to any worldly prosperity. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 62:4. _TO CAST_ HIM _DOWN FROM HIS EXCELLENCY_] They are consulting to dethrone me, and use treachery and falsehood in order to bring it about: "They delight in lies." _THEY BLESS WITH...
THEY ONLY CONSULT TO CAST HIM DOWN FROM HIS EXCELLENCY - This is the object of all their counsels and plans. They aim at one high in rank - and their purpose, their sole purpose, is to bring him down....
Psalms 62 Waiting and Trusting _ 1. He only (Psalms 62:1)_ 2. Persecuted (Psalms 62:3) 3. My expectation from him (Psalms 62:5
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...
FROM HIS EXCELLENCY. from his dignity or high rank. Royal rank is implied. SELAH. Connecting the enmity of his foes with his trust in God. See App-66....
Patiently the Psalmist awaits God's help, and remonstrates with his enemies for their malice and hypocrisy....
Only to thrust him down from his dignity have they taken counsel, delighting in a lie: With his mouth doth each of them bless, but inwardly they curse. Their plot is -a lie," false in its principle...
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...
_THEY ONLY CONSULT TO CAST HIM DOWN FROM HIS EXCELLENCY: THEY DELIGHT IN LIES: THEY BLESS WITH THEIR MOUTH, BUT THEY CURSE INWARDLY. SELAH._ They only consult to cast him down from his excellency - w...
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...
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...
THEIR MOUTH. — Literally, _his mouth. They bless each with his mouth,_ &c EXCELLENCY. — Rather, _height,_ carrying on the metaphor of preceding verse....
_[Psalms 62:5]_ אַ֤ךְ מִ שְּׂאֵתֹ֨ו ׀ יָעֲצ֣וּ לְ...
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...
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...
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...
Here is a beautiful breaking off of the subject, but in reality carrying on the same glorious confidence, in this striking remonstrance with the enemies of God and of Christ. It is as if the soul in h...
4._Yet they consult to cast him down from his elevation _I still would interpret the particle אך _, ach, _in an adversative sense. David, on the one hand, encouraged himself by determining to rest ste...
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...
THEY ONLY CONSULT TO CAST [HIM] DOWN FROM HIS EXCELLENCY,.... Either from the excellency of God, from his greatness, and from his height, as Kimchi; or from his grace, as the Arabic version: that is,...
They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. Ver. 4. _They only consult to cast him down from his excel...
_They only consult to cast him down_ Namely, the man mentioned Psalms 62:3. He means himself, of whom he continues to speak in the third person. _From his excellency_ From the hopes and attainment of...
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...
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency, to deprive him of his elevated office to which God had raised him; THEY DELIGHT IN LIES, the chief weapon of all detractors; THEY BLESS WITH THE...
INWARDLY: _ Heb._ in their inward parts...
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...
HIM, to wit, the man mentioned PSALMS 62:3, i.e. himself; of whom he continues to speak in the third person. FROM HIS EXCELLENCY; from the hopes and attainment of that royal dignity, to which God hath...
Psalms 62:4 consult H3289 (H8804) down H5080 (H8687) position H7613 delight H7521 (H8799) lies H3577 bless...
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity, They delight in lies, They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. [Selah.' He describes the kind of people that they are. Their only...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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--...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 62:3 The next section speaks to those who ATTACK A MAN, particularly through lies and injustice. The question HOW LONG is not asking for information but is expressing despair (com...
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...
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,...
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...
Acts 4:16; Acts 4:17; Acts 4:25; Hosea 7:3; John 11:47;...