INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 62 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, TO JEDUTHUN, [A PSALM] OF DAVID. Concerning "Jeduthun", Psalms 39:1, title. Kimchi thinks this psalm was written concerning the captivity; and Jarchi על הדתות, concerning the decrees and judgments made against Israel by their enemies; and so some of t... [ Continue Reading ]
TRULY MY SOUL WAITETH UPON GOD,.... In the use of means, for answers of prayer, for performance of promises, and for deliverance from enemies, and out of every trouble: or "is silent" e, as the Targum; not as to prayer, but as to murmuring; patiently and quietly waiting for salvation until the Lord'... [ Continue Reading ]
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; and he was the author of his salvation, and the rock and strength of it, Psalms 95:1; [HE IS] MY DEF... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG WILL YE IMAGINE MISCHIEF AGAINST A MAN?.... Against a good man, as the Targum; or against any Israelite, as Kimchi; or rather he means himself, a single man, a weak man, and an innocent one; which aggravated their sin, in devising his hurt, and contriving ways to take away his life, as did... [ Continue Reading ]
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 consulted to discourage him from looking to God, his rock and fortress, and from trusting in hi... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD,.... Be silent and subject to him, acquiesce in his providences, rest in him patiently and quietly, wait for his salvation; Psalms 62:1; perhaps some new temptation might arise, and David's soul began to be uneasy and impatient; for frames are very changeable things;... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ONLY [IS] MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION,.... Psalms 62:2; [HE IS] MY DEFENCE; these epithets of God are repeated, to strengthen his faith and hope in him, and to encourage a patient waiting upon him; I SHALL NOT BE MOVED; neither greatly, nor at all; his faith gets fresh strength and rigour, the mo... [ Continue Reading ]
IN GOD [IS] MY SALVATION,.... Or "upon God" h; he that is God over all has took it upon him to save me; he is the author of salvation to me; and it is in him safe and secure, and I shall be saved in him with an everlasting salvation: AND MY GLORY; the author of all his temporal glory, honour, and d... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES, [YE] PEOPLE,.... Of the house of Israel, as the Targum; or of God, as Aben Ezra; all that are Israelites indeed, and are the Lord's covenant people; these are exhorted and encouraged to trust in him; not in a creature, nor in any outward thing, in riches, wisdom, strength,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 designs only one sort of them; such as are poor and low in the world; mean men, as the phrase is rende... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST NOT IN OPPRESSION,.... Either in the power of oppressing others; see Isaiah 30:12; or in riches gotten by oppression, which being put into a man's hand by his friend, he keeps, and will not return them; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it of mammon unlawfully obtained; mammon of unrighteousne... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD HATH SPOKEN ONCE,.... One word of his is more to be confided in, and depended on, than all the men and things in the world. The meaning is not that God hath only spoke once; he has spoke often; he spoke all things out of nothing in creation; he spoke all the words of the law at Mount Sinai; he s... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO UNTO THEE, O LORD, [BELONGETH] MERCY,.... This is the other thing the psalmist had heard, and was assured of, and which encouraged his hope and trust in the Lord; that mercy belonged to him, Psalms 130:7; as appears, not only from the common bounties of his providence, daily bestowed upon his... [ Continue Reading ]