Psalms 62:2

Though I may be shaken, yet I shall not be overthrown. Compare Psalms 37:24 2 Corinthians 4:9.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 62:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
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

only . same word as "truly", Psalms 62:1 . salvation. Repeated for emphasis. defence . high tower.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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

Defence. — Properly, high tower, as so often. The metaphor is important here from the contrast with the tottering wall of next verse. Shall n...
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

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Waiting upon God; Confidence in God. To the chief musician, to Jeduthun. A...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician .” See introduction to Psalms 57 . “ To Jeduthun .” See introduction to Psalms 39 . “ A Psa...
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

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...
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

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 62:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

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

Psalms 62:2