시편 Chapter 62

Translation: ESV

1

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

Key Message

True confidence in salvation comes from the stillness of a soul that waits in silence on God alone.

▸'In silence (dummiyyah)' means waiting quietly without commotion or fear.

'In silence (dummiyyah)' means waiting quietly without commotion or fear. The core of this psalm is the soul waiting upon God alone in stillness despite all the surrounding noise. The conviction that salvation comes from God alone is the foundation of this silence.

Related Verses

For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, 'In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.'
2

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Key Message

God is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress, and the one who trusts in him shall not be shaken.

▸Three images — rock, salvation, and fortress — describe God.

5

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

Key Message

Faith is an inner dialogue that can command one's own soul to wait on God alone.

▸The confession of verse 1 is repeated as a command directed to David's own soul.

8

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Key Message

God is a safe refuge where we can pour out our whole heart, and he welcomes honest prayer.

▸Personal confession of faith expands into exhortation for the community.

10

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Key Message

When we trust only in God, we can overcome the temptation to rely on wealth, power, and violence.

▸This is the negative expression of the exhortation to trust in God alone.

12

and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

Key Message

God possesses both power and steadfast love and justly renders to each person according to their deeds.

▸As the psalm's conclusion, both of God's attributes — power and steadfast love — are declared together.