Psalms 62:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. ”

Psalms 62:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Trust not in oppression - The general meaning here is, that we are not to trust in anything but God. In the previous verse the psalmist had stated reasons why we should not trust in men of any ra...
Psalms 62:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Trust not in oppression, and (h) become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them]. (h) Give yourselves wholly to God by putting away all things that are contrary to his...
Psalms 62:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Psa...
Psalms 62:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for the affections connected with it.
Psalms 62:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Trust not in oppression and robbery We are here taught that there can be no real trusting in God until we put away all those vain confidences which prove so many means of turning us away...
Psalms 62:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them . Trust not in oppression - Do not suppose that my unnatural son and his partisans can succe...
Psalms 62:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Trust not in oppression, &c.— Trust not in oppression and rapine; become not vain: If riches, &c. Psalms 62:11 . One thing God hath pronounced; there are two which I have heard; Psalm...
Psalms 62:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. -Warning against trust in anyone or anything except G...
Psalms 62:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of the strongest faith, in which the experience of hostility ( Psalms 62:3-4 ) and the contemplation of life ( Psalms 62:9-10 ) only provide the background against which a serene confid...
Psalms 62:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If riches increase. — Even if by honest means you grow rich, distrust your wealth.
Psalms 62:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 62:1-12 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 a...
Psalms 62:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our only Rock and Refuge Psalms 62:1-12 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 Absalo...
Psalms 62:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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. T...
Psalms 62:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here are additional reasons urged for our firm reliance on the Lord, because all other trusts must deceive, and prove vain. And the Psalmist takes an instance, in proof, from the deceitfulness of ric...
Psalms 62:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Trust not in oppression ,.... Either in the power of oppressing others; see Isaiah 30:12 ; or in riches gotten by oppression, which being put into a man's hand by his friend, he keeps, and will not...
Psalms 62:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them]. Ver. 10. Trust not in oppression, &c. ] In the fail of persons. Some may think th...
Psalms 62:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Trust not in oppression That is, in riches gotten by fraud and violence; or in the arts of acquiring them. As you must not trust in any other men, so neither must you trust to yourselves, nor to yo...
Psalms 62:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Exhortation to Trust in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a re...
Psalms 62:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Trust not in oppression; as you may not trust any other men, so neither must you trust to yourselves, nor to your own wit, or industry, or courage, by which you may oppress others, and so think to...
Psalms 62:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). He Warns Against Trusting In Man Of Any Level, Or In Brute Force, Or In Riches, And Calls On His Hearers To Recognise The Fact That Power And True Love Belong To God Who Deals With Men On The Ba...
Psalms 62:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 62:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 bringi...
Psalms 62:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 refe...
Psalms 62:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation. A testimony and an exhortation I. A religious testimony. 1. Concerning self ( Psalms 62:1-2 ; Psalms 62:6-7 ). His confidence i...
Psalms 62:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 ( Psa...
Psalms 62:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, a...
Psalms 62:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:17 ; Deuteronomy 6:10-12 ; Deuteronomy 8:12-14 ; Isaiah 28:15 ; Isaiah 30:12 ; Isaiah 47:10 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; Jeremiah 13:25 ; Jeremiah 17:11 ; Job 20:19 ; Job 20:29 ; Job 27:16...
Psalms 62:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vain — Feeding yourselves with vain hopes of felicity, from those riches which you take from others by violence.

Psalms 62:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 62:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 62:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 62:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 62:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 62:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 62:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 62:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 62:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 62:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 62:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 62:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 62:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 62:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 62:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 62:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes