David, professing his confidence in God, discourageth his enemies. In the same confidence he encourageth the godly. No trust is to be put in worldly things. Power and mercy belong to God.
To the chief musician, to Jeduthun; A Psalm of David.
Title. ידותון על למנצח lamnatseach al ieduthun.] It is not said, upon what occasion this psalm was written. Bishop Patrick apprehends that David composed it when he had overcome all the fears into which the rebellion of Absalom at first threw him, though he was not yet fully restored to his kingdom. It is evidently a psalm of praise for some deliverance which the author attributes wholly to God, on whom alone therefore he advises all people to place their dependance.
Psalms 62:1. Truly my soul waiteth— Even to God is my soul silent; see Psalms 62:5.