Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 62:9
Vanity — Vain, and helpless creatures. A lie — They promise much, but generally deceive those who trust in them.
Vanity — Vain, and helpless creatures. A lie — They promise much, but generally deceive those who trust in them.
Verse Psalms 62:9. _MEN OF LOW DEGREE_ ARE _VANITY_] בני אדם _beney Adam_, which we here translate _men of low degree_, literally, _sons of_ _Adam_, are put in opposition to בני איש _beney ish, men o...
SURELY MEN OF LOW DEGREE ARE VANITY - literally, “vanity are the sons of Adam,” but the word Adam here is used evidently to represent men, or the race. The same word is also employed particularly to r...
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...
SURELY. Same word as "truly", Psalms 62:1. MEN OF LOW DEGREE. sons of _'adam_. App-14. VANITY. a breath. MEN OF HIGH DEGREE. sons of _'Ish_. App-14. ALTOGETHER. together....
_Surely_ Lit., as before, _only_. Nought but vanity are men, (nought but) a lie are great men. Only a mere breath which vanishes, an imposture which deludes those who trust them, are all men, whatever...
Trust in God, I say, and not in man or in material force. God's strength and love are the guarantee for the punishment of the wicked and the reward of the righteous....
A LIE— That is, _deceitful;_ because unable to perform what they seem by their outward appearance to promise: or _a lie_ may signify _a mere nothing;_ for a lie has no reality....
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...
_SURELY MEN OF LOW DEGREE ARE VANITY, AND MEN OF HIGH DEGREE ARE A LIE: TO BE LAID IN THE BALANCE, THEY ARE ALTOGETHER LIGHTER THAN VANITY._ -Warning against trust in anyone or anything except God, to...
62:9 degree (c-4) degree, (c-11) See Note, Psalms 49:2 . vanity; (d-7) vanity. (d-24) As Job 7:16 ; Psalms 39:5 ,Psalms 39:6 ,...
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...
While God is all, men are nothing, whether they be high or low. VANITY or breath, and lie or illusion are the most that they can be called. TO BE LAID IN THE BALANCE] RV 'in the balances they will 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...
ARE VANITY. — Or, _mere breath._ TO BE LAID IN THE BALANCE. — Literally, _in_ _the balances to go up,_ which may mean _in the scales they must go up, i.e.,_ kick the beam. But a slight change in one...
_[Psalms 62:10]_ אַ֤ךְ ׀ הֶ֥בֶל בְּנֵֽי ־אָדָם֮ כָּזָ֪ב...
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 are additional reasons urged for our firm reliance on the Lord, because all other trusts must deceive, and prove vain. And the Psalmist takes an instance, in proof, from the deceitfulness of rich...
9._Nevertheless, the sons of Adam are vanity. _If we take the particle אך, _ach, _affirmatively, as meaning _surely _or _certainly, _then this verse contains a confirmation of the truth expressed in t...
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...
SURELY MEN OF LOW DEGREE [ARE] VANITY,.... Or "sons of Adam" i; of the earthly man; of fallen Adam; one of his immediate sons was called Hebel, "vanity"; and it is true of all his sons; but here it de...
Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity. Ver. 9. _Surely men of low degree are vanity_] Man...
_Surely men of low degree are vanity_ Are most vain, impotent, and helpless creatures in themselves. This he delivers as a reason, or argument, to enforce his foregoing exhortation to _trust in God_,...
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...
Surely men of low degree, all the ordinary sons of Adam, ARE VANITY, a mere breath as compared with His almighty power, AND MEN OF HIGH DEGREE, the sons of those who are considered nobles on the earth...
ALTOGETHER: Or, alike...
8-12 Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us. the good counsel given is, to trust w...
VANITY, i.e. most vain, impotent, and helpless creatures in themselves. This he delivers as a reason or argument to enforce his foregoing exhortation; _trust in God_, because there is no other person...
Psalms 62:9 men H120 H1121 vapor H1892 Men H376 lie H3577 weighed H5927 (H8800) scales H3976 altogether...
3). HE WARNS AGAINST TRUSTING IN MAN OF ANY LEVEL, OR IN BRUTE FORCE, OR IN RICHES, AND CALLS ON HIS HEARERS TO RECOGNISE THE FACT THAT POWER AND TRUE LOVE BELONG TO GOD WHO DEALS WITH MEN ON THE BASI...
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 62:8 After speaking to his own soul (vv. Psalms 62:5), the singer now addresses the whole congregation (O PEOPLE). He urges them to trust in God and
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...
1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 23:12;...