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Psalm 62 Unlocked Literal Bible

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1 For the chief musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I wait in silence for God alone; my salvation comes from him.
1 For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
2 He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
3 How long, all of you, will you attack a man, that you may tip him over like a leaning wall or a shaky fence?
3 How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4 They consult with him only to bring him down from his honorable position; they love to tell lies; they bless him with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse him. Selah
4 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 I wait in silence for God alone; for my hope is set on him.
5 My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be moved.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
7 With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength and my refuge are in God.
7 My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
8 Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low standing are vanity, and men of high standing are a lie; they will weigh lightly in the scales; weighed together, they are lighter than nothing.
9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
10 Do not trust in oppression or robbery; and do not hope uselessly in riches, for they will bear no fruit; do not fix your heart on them.
10 Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
11 God has spoken once, twice have I heard this: power belongs to God.
11 God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
12 Also to you, Lord, belongs covenant faithfulness, for you pay back every person for what he has done.
12 Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.
Cross references (12)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Lamentations 3:25; Psalm 62:2; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 37:7; Psalm 33:20
  2. 2 Psalm 18:2; 2 Corinthians 4:8–9; Psalm 62:6; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 73:25–26
  3. 3 Jeremiah 4:14; Psalm 140:2; Psalm 82:2; Exodus 16:28; Isaiah 30:13–14
  4. 4 Psalm 55:21; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 5:9; Romans 7:22; Romans 1:32
  5. 5 Micah 7:7; Psalm 27:13–14; Lamentations 3:24–26; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 71:5
  6. 6 Psalm 62:2; Psalm 112:6; Psalm 16:8; Proverbs 10:30; Isaiah 45:17
  7. 7 Psalm 3:3; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 94:22; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 95:1
  8. 8 Philippians 4:6; Isaiah 26:4; Lamentations 2:19; Psalm 142:2; 1 Samuel 1:15
  9. 9 Psalm 39:5; Isaiah 40:17; Isaiah 40:15; Psalm 118:9; Psalm 39:11
  10. 10 1 Timothy 6:17; Psalm 52:7; Jeremiah 17:11; 1 Timothy 6:10; Job 31:24–25
  11. 11 Revelation 19:1; Job 33:14; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 68:34–35; Job 40:5
  12. 12 Matthew 16:27; Job 34:11; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Psalm 103:8

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXI)

    The title of it doth not detain us. For it is "Unto the end, in hymns, to David himself. "In hymns," to wit in praises. "Unto the end," to wit unto Christ....But the voice in this Psalm (if we are among the members of Him, and in the Body, even as upon His exhortation we have the boldness to trust) …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 62:4 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XIV–XVIII)

    For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." And again it saith, "They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 62:11 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book V, Chapters 8–9)

    Also unto Thee, O God, belongeth mercy: for Thou wilt render unto every man according to his works." Now the expression, "Once hath He spoken," is to be understood as meaning "immovably," that is, unchangeably hath He spoken, inasmuch as He knows unchangeably all things which shall be, and all things which He will do.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 62:10 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon X)

    Hast thou not heard, "If riches increase, set not your heart upon them?" Lo, thou art getting, thou art disquieted, not fruitlessly indeed, still in vain.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)