only. same word as "truly", Psalms 62:1.
salvation. Repeated for emphasis.
defence. high tower.
He only is my rock ... - See the notes at Psalms 18:2 . I shall not be greatly moved - The word greatly here, or much - “I shall not be much...
(b) He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. (b) It appears by the often repetition of this word, th...
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...
The particle אך, ach, in the second verse, I would render in the same way as in the first. The believer triumphs in one encounter with temp...
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. I shall not be greatly moved - Having God for my rock - stro...
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. He only is my rock and my salvation ... my defense - or...
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...
Defence. — Properly, high tower, as so often. The metaphor is important here from the contrast with the tottering wall of next verse. Shall n...
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...
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...
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...
Whether we behold Christ in the first place, or David, as a member of Christ, in the next point of view; or whether we consider the whole body of Chr...
FAITH TRIUMPHANT ‘He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.’ Psalms 62:2 This psalm is an expression of strong and experienced faith. Le...
He only [is] my Rock and my salvation ,.... The Rock on which the church is built, and every believer; and which was David's safety, shelter, and sh...
He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. Ver. 2. He only is my rock, &c. ] See Psalms 18:2,3...
He only is my rock He hath been so often; in him I have found shelter, and strength, and succour; he hath, by his grace, supported me under, and de...
Waiting upon God; Confidence in God. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A...
Though I may be shaken, yet I shall not be overthrown. Compare Psalms 37:24 2 Corinthians 4:9 .
‘He only is my rock and my deliverance, He is my high tower, I will not be greatly moved.' And this is why he can wait in silence before God in suc...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician .” See introduction to Psalms 57 . “ To Jeduthun .” See introduction to Psalms 39 . “ A Psa...
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...
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...
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...
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation. A testimony and an exhortation I. A religious testimony. 1. Concerning self (...
He only is my rock and my salvation. God alone the salvation of His people “My rock!” What a history the rock might give you of the storms to w...
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...
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...
He only is my Rock and my Salvation, a stronger expression than in v. l, denoting the truth that, God being his, he already possesses deliverance fro...
1 Corinthians 10:13 ; 2 Corinthians 4:8 ; 2 Corinthians 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Deuteronomy 32:31 ; Isaiah 26:4 ; Isaiah 32:2 ; Micah 7:8 ;...
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence;a I shall not be greatly moved.