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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 62:2

He only is my Rock and my Salvation, a stronger expression than in v. l, denoting the truth that, God being his, he already possesses deliverance from every evil, the certainty of salvation through His promises, wherefore he could stand immovably firm; He is my Defense, his high place of refuge, Psalms 9:9; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 59:9; I shall not be greatly moved, not be shaken much or totter greatly, at least not to the extent of being thrown to the ground.

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See also Psalms 62:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 62:2. _I SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED._] Having God for my _rock _- strong fortified place, for my _salvation _- continual safety, and my _defence _- my elevated tower, which places me out...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE ONLY IS MY ROCK ... - See the notes at Psalms 18:2. I SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED - The word greatly here, or much - “I shall not be much moved,” implies that he did not anticipate perfect security...

  • 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

    ONLY. same word as "truly", Psalms 62:1. SALVATION. Repeated for emphasis. DEFENCE. high tower....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Patiently the Psalmist awaits God's help, and remonstrates with his enemies for their malice and hypocrisy....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The same titles _my rock, my salvation, my high tower_, are combined in Psalms 18:2. The title _Rock_is frequently used to symbolise the strength, faithfulness, and unchangeableness of Jehovah: here ...

  • 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

    _HE ONLY IS MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION; HE IS MY DEFENCE; I SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED._ He only is my rock and my salvation ... my defense - or 'high places.' The accumulated names of God as the "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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DEFENCE. — Properly, _high tower,_ as so often. The metaphor is important here from the contrast with the _tottering wall_ of next verse. SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED... — _i.e._ (as in Psalms 37:24),...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 62:3]_ 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (b) He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (b) It appears by the often repetition of this word, that the prophet endured many temptations by resting...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Day. The manna dissolved with the sun beams, and God will be served with diligence. --- Flesh. The sensations of my soul affect all my body. (Worthington) --- Thirst is more insupportable than hunger;...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Whether we behold Christ in the first place, or David, as a member of Christ, in the next point of view; or whether we consider the whole body of Christ in any of the exercised members of Jesus in his...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _FAITH TRIUMPHANT_ ‘He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.’ Psalms 62:2 This psalm is an expression of strong and experienced faith. Let us call it Faith Triumphant. It falls naturally into...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The particle אך, _ach, _in the second verse, I would render in the same way as in the first. The believer triumphs in one encounter with temptation only to enter upon another; and here David, who appe...

  • 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,.... The Rock on which the church is built, and every believer; and which was David's safety, shelter, and shade, and which made him easy in his present state; an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. Ver. 2. _He only is my rock, &c._] See Psalms 18:2,3 . _ I shall not be greatly moved_] _Non labascam multo la...

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

    _He only is my rock_ He hath been so often; in him I have found shelter, and strength, and succour; he hath, by his grace, supported me under, and delivered me out of my troubles, and by his providenc...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DEFENCE: _ Heb._ high place...

  • 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

    Though I may be shaken, yet I shall not be overthrown. Compare PSALMS 37:24 2 CORINTHIANS 4:9....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 62:2 rock H6697 salvation H3444 defense H4869 greatly H7227 moved H4131 (H8735) He only -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘He only is my rock and my deliverance, He is my high tower, I will not be greatly moved.' And this is why he can wait in silence before God in such confidence. It is because God is his Rock and his...

  • 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

    _He only is my rock and my salvation._ GOD ALONE THE SALVATION OF HIS PEOPLE “My rock!” What a history the rock might give you of the storms to which it has been exposed; of the tempests which have r...

  • 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

    1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:30;...

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