Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 62:5
(e) My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.
(e) David was greatly moved by these troubles, therefore he stirs up himself to trust in God.
(e) My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.
(e) David was greatly moved by these troubles, therefore he stirs up himself to trust in God.
Verse Psalms 62:5. _WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD_] There is none but him in whom thou canst safely trust; and to get his help, resign thyself into his hands; be subject to him, and be silent before him; th...
MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD - See the notes at Psalms 62:1. There is, in the word used here, and rendered wait, the same idea of rest or repose which occurs in Psalms 62:1. The meaning is, that h...
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...
The opening verses are repeated, with slight variations, leading up to an exhortation to the Psalmist's sympathisers to trust in God....
Only unto God be thou silent, my soul, For from him cometh my hope. It is only by constant self-exhortation that the calmness of Psalms 62:1 can be maintained, especially when the recollection of hi...
DISCOURSE: 599 GOD OUR ONLY AND ALL-SUFFICIENT HELP Psalms 62:5. _My soul, wait thou only upon God: for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not b...
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...
_MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD; FOR MY EXPECTATION IS FROM HIM._ -From the enemy he turns to God, urging his own soul, as well as others, to wait only upon him. Verse 5,6. MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY...
62:5 peacefully; (b-8) Or 'wait in silence,' as Psalms 65:1 ....
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...
As in Psalms 62:1. _Truly to God, be silence my soul._ The state of resignation is one which can only be preserved by prayer. We may _say, I will,_ but can only _feel_ it through prayer....
_[Psalms 62:6]_ אַ֣ךְ לֵ֭ אלֹהִים דֹּ֣ומִּי נַפְשִׁ֑י...
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...
_Hands. Doing good works, as the Fathers explain it. This is the posture of people who pray, or take an oath. (Tertullian) (1 Timothy ii. 8.) (Calmet) --- I will, &c. Comfort is proportioned to suffer...
Reader, do not fail to remark how quickly the soul of the faithful returns again to the God of his confidence. We may spare a moment to admonish the ungodly, but our own joy must not be long broken in...
_WAITING UPON GOD_ ‘My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.’ Psalms 62:5 I. THE INWARD MAN.—‘My soul’—where the resolve, desires, affections take their rise. That which s...
5._Nevertheless, my soul, be thou silent before God. _Here there may appear to be a slight inconsistency, inasmuch as he encourages himself to do what he had already declared himself to have done. His...
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...
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 mi...
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him. Ver. 5. _My soul, wait thou only upon God_] They trust not God at all, that is, not alone. He that stands with one foot on a rock a...
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...
My soul, wait thou only upon God, being silent in submission to His will, the same figure of cheerful resignation being employed as in v. 1; FOR MY EXPECTATION IS FROM HIM, in Him he hoped, knowing th...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 62:5 soul H5315 wait H1826 (H8798) God H430 expectation H8615 soul - Psalms 42:5,...
2). HE CALLS ON HIMSELF AND HIS PEOPLE TO TRUST WHOLLY IN GOD, WHO IS THEIR SURE DEFENCE AND REFUGE (5-8). He now repeats and expands on what he has said in Psalms 62:1, calling on himself again to wa...
Psalms 62:1 , PSALMS 62:5 We have here two corresponding clauses, each, beginning a section of the Psalm. The difference is that the one expresses the Psalmist's patient stillness of submission, and...
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...
_My soul, wait thou only upon God._ THE WAITING SOUL The text applies to every believer. I. Consider what it is to wait upon God. It is the act of the soul. Here, the soul means the whole man. II....
_Truly my soul waiteth upon God. .. My soul, wait thou only upon God._ SILENCE TO GOD These clauses correspond: the “truly” of the first is the same word as the “only” of the second, and in each it...
_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...
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...
Habakkuk 2:3; Jeremiah 17:17; John 6:67; Lamentations 3:24; Micah 7:7