1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea. 2 O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways. 3 By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory. 4 For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise. 5 So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name. 6 Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips. 7 When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you. 8 For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings. 9 My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me. 10 Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth. 11 They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes. 12 Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.
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Psalm 62 (63) Catholic Public Domain Version
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Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 143:6; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 42:1–2; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 91:2
- 2 Psalm 143:6; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 42:1–2; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 91:2
- 3 Psalm 27:4; Psalm 105:4; Psalm 84:2–11; Psalm 96:6; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 4 Philippians 1:23; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 69:16; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 30:5
- 5 Psalm 104:33; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 28:2; 1 Kings 8:22–66; Psalm 145:1–3
- 6 Psalm 36:7–9; Isaiah 25:6; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 43:4; Ezra 3:11–13
- 7 Psalm 42:8; Psalm 119:147–148; Psalm 149:5; Psalm 119:55; Psalm 139:17–18
- 8 2 Corinthians 1:10; Psalm 61:4; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 54:3–4; Psalm 17:8
- 9 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 18:35; Song of Songs 2:6; Psalm 37:24
- 10 Psalm 55:15; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 40:14; 1 Samuel 25:29; Isaiah 14:19
- 11 Jeremiah 18:21; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 35:5; 1 Samuel 26:10; Ezekiel 39:17–20
- 12 Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalm 21:1; Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 65:16; Romans 3:19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 63.
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The title of it is, "Unto the end, in behalf of Idithun, a Psalm to David himself." I recollect that already to you hath been explained what Idithun is....Let us see how far he hath leaped over, and whom he hath "leaped over," and in what place, though he hath leaped over certain men, he is situate, whence as from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
39. But "because Thy loving-kindness is better than life," behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,--in many distractions amid many things,--that through Him I may apprehend in whom I have been apprehended, and may be recollected from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
But "because Thy loving-kindness is better than life," behold, my life is but a distraction, and Thy right hand upheld me in my Lord, the Son of man, the Mediator between Thee, The One, and us the many,--in many distractions amid many things,--that through Him I may apprehend in whom I have been apprehended, and may be recollected from my …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Therefore unto Thee is my soul as "land where no water is," because as it cannot of itself enlighten itself, so it cannot of itself satisfy itself.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)