Psalm 62: My Soul Waiteth Upon God

A calm declaration of trust in God alone as rock and salvation.

Psalm 62 - My Soul Waiteth Upon God

Psalm 62 repeats its central confession twice for emphasis, first at Psalms 62:1: 'He only is my rock and my salvation,' a settled trust that answers the plea for shelter in Psalms 61.


To the excelletn musician Ieduthun. A Psalme of David. Yet my soule keepeth silence vnto God: of him commeth my saluation.

Yet he is my strength and my saluation, and my defence: therefore I shall not much be mooued.

How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken.

Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

Yet my soule keepe thou silence vnto God: for mine hope is in him.

Yet is hee my strength, and my saluation, and my defence: therefore I shall not be mooued.

In God is my saluation and my glory, the rocke of my strength: in God is my trust.

Trust in him alway, ye people: powre out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

God spake once or twise, I haue heard it, that power belongeth vnto God,

And to thee, O Lord, mercie: for thou rewardest euery one according to his worke.

The psalmist warns against trusting oppression or increasing riches, urging the people instead to 'pour out your heart before him,' close in spirit to the trust of <a href="/bible/geneva1599/psalms/chapter-3/3">Psalms 3:3</a>. It closes affirming that power and mercy both belong to God, who renders to every man according to his work.