Psalms 62:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 r...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Nevertheless, my soul, be thou silent before God. Here there may appear to be a slight inconsistency, inasmuch as he encourages himself t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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;...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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

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,...
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

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

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 s...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
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

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 h...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 expre...
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

My soul, wait thou only upon God. The waiting soul The text applies to every believer. I. Consider what it is to wait upon God. It is the ac...
The Biblical Illustrator

Truly my soul waiteth upon God. .. My soul, wait thou only upon God. Silence to God These clauses correspond: the “truly” of the first is the s...
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

My soul, wait thou only upon God, being silent in submission to His will, the same figure of cheerful resignation being employed as in v. 1; for my...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 10...

⁵ My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 62:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible 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 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 62:5