Psalms 62:11

God hath spoken (i) once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.

(i) He has plainly born witness to his power, so that no one needs to doubt it.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 62:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this - This repetition, or this declaration that he had heard the thing repeated, is designed to give em...
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 express...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

once; Twice. Compare Job 33:14 ; Job 40:5 . Put for many times. power . strength.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11 God hath spoken once. The Psalmist considered that the only effectual method of abstracting the minds of men from the vain delusions in w...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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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 pro...
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. -Wa...
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 pr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Once; twice. — The usual Hebrew mode of emphasising a numerical statement, and one growing naturally out of the structure of the verse, which loves...
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 asseverati...
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 wi...
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 pr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What particular reference the Psalmist hath to God's speaking, is not said; but surely never did the Lord give a more decided evidence of his power,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God hath spoken once ,.... One word of his is more to be confided in, and depended on, than all the men and things in the world. The meaning is not...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God. Ver. 11. God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this ] The Septu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God hath spoken once; twice , &c. That is, God hath spoken it, and I have heard it once, yea, twice; that is, frequently, as Job 33:14 . He hat...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Exhortation to Trust in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye peo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Twice, i.e. frequently, as Job 33:14 , both immediately, as at Sinai, and by his holy prophets from time to time. That power belongeth unto God...
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 Tr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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 a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm the royal singer casts himself entirely on God. Here we see the foundation of his expectation laid bare. He has no confidence anywhere...
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...
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 (...
The Biblical Illustrator

God hath spoken once: twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God. The omnipotence of God First allow me to remind you of the defini...
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 n...
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 h...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, the number being used in order to give emphasis to his declaration, that power belongeth unto God, w...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:4 ; Job 33:14 ; Job 40:5 ; John 19:11 ; Matthew 28:18 ; Matthew 6:13 ; Psalms 68:3 ; Psalms 68:34 ; Revelation 19:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Spoken — Frequently, both immediately as at Sinai, and by his holy prophets, from time to time. That — That power is God's prerogative; and consequ...

¹¹ God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that powerd belongeth unto God.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 62:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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