Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 62:11
God hath spoken (i) once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.
(i) He has plainly born witness to his power, so that no one needs to doubt it.
God hath spoken (i) once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.
(i) He has plainly born witness to his power, so that no one needs to doubt it.
Verse Psalms 62:11. _GOD HATH SPOKEN ONCE_] God has _once_ addressed his people in giving the law on Mount Sinai. The _Chaldee_ translates the whole passage thus: "God hath spoken one law, and twice...
GOD HATH SPOKEN ONCE; TWICE HAVE I HEARD THIS - This repetition, or this declaration that he had heard the thing repeated, is designed to give emphasis to what was said, or to call attention to it as...
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...
ONCE; TWICE. Compare Job 33:14; Job 40:5. Put for many times. POWER. strength....
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....
Once, yea twice, i.e. repeatedly (Job 33:14; Job 40:5) has God spoken and the Psalmist heard (Psalms 85:8) the double truth which supplies the answer to such temptations; That strength belongeth unto...
TRUST NOT IN OPPRESSION, &C.— _Trust not in oppression and rapine; become not vain: If riches,_ &c. Psalms 62:11. _One thing God hath pronounced; there are two which I have heard;_ Psalms 62:12 that p...
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...
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...
ONCE; TWICE. — The usual Hebrew mode of emphasising a numerical statement, and one growing naturally out of the structure of the verse, which loves a climax. (Comp. Proverbs 6:16.) The union of power...
_[Psalms 62:12]_ אַחַ֤ת ׀ דִּבֶּ֬ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים שְׁתַּֽיִם ־ז֥וּ...
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...
What particular reference the Psalmist hath to God's speaking, is not said; but surely never did the Lord give a more decided evidence of his power, than in speaking in and by his Son in the redemptio...
11_God hath spoken once. _The Psalmist considered that the only effectual method of abstracting the minds of men from the vain delusions in which they are disposed to trust, was bringing them to acqui...
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...
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...
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God. Ver. 11. _God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this_] The Septuagint have it thus, Once spoke God, these two things...
_God hath spoken once; twice_, &c. That is, God hath spoken it, and I have heard it once, yea, twice; that is, frequently, as Job 33:14. He hath declared, and I have understood it, by the light of rea...
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, the number being used in order to give emphasis to his declaration, THAT POWER BELONGETH UNTO GOD, with God is almighty power, He is the only One who pos...
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...
POWER: Or, strength...
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...
TWICE, i.e. frequently, as JOB 33:14, both immediately, as at Sinai, and by his holy prophets from time to time. THAT POWER BELONGETH UNTO GOD; that power is God's prerogative; and consequently all cr...
Psalms 62:11 God H430 spoken H1696 (H8765) once H259 Twice H8147 heard H8085 (H8804) That H2098 power...
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...
_God hath spoken once: twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God._ THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD First allow me to remind you of the definition of power which is adopted by the most approved wr...
_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 62:11 To say ONCE... TWICE is to indicate that the idea is certain. God has the POWER to carry out his will, and because of his STEADFAST LOVE, his people can
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...
Isaiah 26:4; Job 33:14; Job 40:5; John 19:11; Matthew 28:18;...
Spoken — Frequently, both immediately as at Sinai, and by his holy prophets, from time to time. That — That power is God's prerogative; and consequently all creatures, either against or without him, a...