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 wait only upon him.
Verse 5,6. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for ... He only is my rock ... - almost identical with Psalms 62:1-2, showing that the contemplation of the wickedness of our foes should only bring us back afresh to God. "Wait thou upon God" - literally, 'be silent to God:' so Psalms 37:7; Hebrew, 'be silent to the Lord.' Only in Him, not in men of the world (Psalms 62:9-10), can we find rest from our agitations. The exhortation here, after the assertion that his soul was 'resting silently upon God' (Psalms 62:1), shows how we need to keep ourselves resting on Him by continually stirring ourselves up to prayer.
For my expectation is from him - "my expectation" of "salvation" (Psalms 62:1).
I shall not be moved - however much my enemies 'consult to cast me down.'
Verse 7. In God (is) my salvation - literally, 'upon God (depends) my salvation,' (Psalms 7:10, margin)
Verse 8. Trust in him at all times - not merely in prosperity, or in minor trials, but in all times, even the most trying.
Ye people, pour out your heart before him - as a vessel completely emptied of its contents (1 Samuel 1:15; Lamentations 2:19; Psalms 142:2; 1 Peter 5:7).