Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 62:1-12.-Three strophes, marked by Selah at Psalms 62:4; Psalms 62:8. Each begins with "Only;" (Psalms 62:1, margin; Psalms 62:5; Psalms 62:9). By waiting upon God only he finds repose and salvation, while his foes' only aim is to cast him down from his dignity (Psalms 62:1-4). He urges therefore himself and others to wait only upon God (Psalms 62:5-8); warning against trust in man, much less in oppression or riches; because power belongeth unto God; also mercy and righteous retribution (Psalms 62:9-12). The time was during Absalom's rebellion, when the rebels sought to cast down the king, because they could not bear his kingly and spiritual eminence (Psalms 62:5; Psalms 3:1-8; Psalms 4:1-8.)
To the chief Musician - for the public liturgy of the temple, which it would not have been if the experiences were merely individual.
To Jeduthun - note on title, Psalms 39:1-13; literally, 'over Jeduthun' - i:e., over the choir of Jeduthun-Jeduthun himself being the president under David (1 Chronicles 25:1-3).
Truly - rather, 'Only.'
My soul waiteth upon God - Hebrew, 'Only to God is my soul silence' ( duwmiyaah (H1747)); i:e., it is only by turning to God that my soul finds repose from the tumultuous agitation which prevails in it, so long as it looks for help to any, other quarter. Psalms 13:5 expresses the opposite state, (cf. 22:2, margin) In Psalms 62:5 he confirms his practice in Psalms 62:1, by urging his soul to persevere in it. He proceeds to give the ground of his thus resting on the Lord-namely,
From Him cometh my salvation