Psalms 62:9

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely men of low degree are vanity - literally, “vanity are the sons of Adam,” but the word Adam here is used evidently to represent men, or the...
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

Surely. Same word as "truly", Psalms 62:1 . men of low degree . sons of 'adam . App-14. vanity . a breath. men of high degree . sons of 'I...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Nevertheless, the sons of Adam are vanity. If we take the particle אך, ach, affirmatively, as meaning surely or certainly, then...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A lie— That is, deceitful; because unable to perform what they seem by their outward appearance to promise: or a lie may signify a mere nothin...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

While God is all, men are nothing, whether they be high or low. Vanity or breath, and lie or illusion are the most that they can be called. To be...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Are vanity. — Or, mere breath. To be laid in the balance. — Literally, in the balances to go up, which may mean in the scales they must g...
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

Here are additional reasons urged for our firm reliance on the Lord, because all other trusts must deceive, and prove vain. And the Psalmist takes an...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely men of low degree [are] vanity ,.... Or "sons of Adam" i; of the earthly man; of fallen Adam; one of his immediate sons was called Hebel, "va...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Surely men of low degree are vanity Are most vain, impotent, and helpless creatures in themselves. This he delivers as a reason, or argument, to en...
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

Vanity, i.e. most vain, impotent, and helpless creatures in themselves. This he delivers as a reason or argument to enforce his foregoing exhortati...
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

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 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

Surely men of low degree, all the ordinary sons of Adam, are vanity, a mere breath as compared with His almighty power, and men of high degree, t...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vanity — Vain, and helpless creatures. A lie — They promise much, but generally deceive those who trust in them.

⁹ Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogetherc lighter than vanity.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 62:9

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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 62:9