“ My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. ”
My soul, wait thou only upon God - See the notes at Psalms 62:1 . There is, in the word used here, and rendered wait, the same idea of rest or repose which occurs in Psalms 62:1 . The meaning i...
(e) My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him. (e) David was greatly moved by these troubles, therefore he stirs up himself to trust in God.
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...
5. Nevertheless, my soul, be thou silent before God. Here there may appear to be a slight inconsistency, inasmuch as he encourages himself to do what he had already declared himself to have...
DISCOURSE: 599 GOD OUR ONLY AND ALL-SUFFICIENT HELP Psalms 62:5-8 . My soul, wait thou only upon God: for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I sha...
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Wait thou only upon God - There is none but him in whom thou canst safely trust; and to get his help, resign thyself into his hands...
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. -From the enemy he turns to God, urging his own soul, as well as others, to wait only upon him. Verse 5,6. My soul, wait th...
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...
As in Psalms 62:1 . Truly to God, be silence my soul. The state of resignation is one which can only be preserved by prayer. We may say, I will, but can only feel it through prayer.
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...
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...
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...
Reader, do not fail to remark how quickly the soul of the faithful returns again to the God of his confidence. We may spare a moment to admonish the ungodly, but our own joy must not be long broken i...
WAITING UPON GOD ‘My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.’ Psalms 62:5 I. The inward man. —‘My soul’—where the resolve, desires, affections take their rise. That w...
My soul, wait thou only upon God ,.... Be silent and subject to him, acquiesce in his providences, rest in him patiently and quietly, wait for his salvation; Psalms 62:1 ; perhaps some new temptati...
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him. Ver. 5. My soul, wait thou only upon God ] They trust not God at all, that is, not alone. He that stands with one foot on a rock...
Waiting upon God; Confidence in God. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 1 Truly my soul waiteth u...
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2). He Calls On Himself And His People To Trust Wholly In God, Who Is Their Sure Defence And Refuge (5-8). He now repeats and expands on what he has said in Psalms 62:1-2 , calling on himself aga...
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 62:1 , Psalms 62:5 We have here two corresponding clauses, each, beginning a section of the Psalm. The difference is that the one expresses the Psalmist's patient stillness of submissio...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Habakkuk 2:3 ; Jeremiah 17:17 ; John 6:67-69 ; Lamentations 3:24-26 ; Micah 7:7 ; Philippians 1:20 ; Psalms 103:1 ; Psalms 103:2 ; Psalms 104:1 ; Psalms 104:35 ; Psalms 146:1 ; Psalms 39:...