Psalms 62

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. There are no petitions at all in this Psalm, nor any thanksgivings, but only expressions of David’s faith and confidence in God. Which (notwithstanding the straits he was in, as appears from ver. 3, 4.) grew greater and stronger, (compare ver. 2. with ver. 6.) and moved him to earnest exhortations of all other persons, never to trust in men; much less in those wicked arts of fraudulent dealing and robbcry,-wIicreby men are wont’to advance themselves to great estates; hoping thereby to be so strong, that nobody dare meddle with them: but to place all their confidence in God alone, who can and will make those supports fail those that rely upon them, and bless the piety of such men as depend wholly. upon him. Which would make one think this Psalm was penned by him when he had overcome all the fears into which the rebellion of Absalom at first put him; but yet was not restored to his kingdom. Unto which’ when he returned, he committed this meditation to the master of the music, to be sung according to the tunc to which Jeduthun, a famous artist, had set the thirty-ninth Psalm.

Psalms 62:1

JL RULY my soul ivaiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. Let the dangers be never so great which threaten my destruction, I am resolved quietly and patiently to submit myself to God; expecting what he will be pleased to do for me, who alone is able to deliver me.

Psalms 62:2

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. Be my enemies never so powerful, I doubt not by his providence to be safe; so secure, that though they give me some disturbance, they shall not be able to do it long, much less to throw inc quite out of my throne.

Psalms 62:3

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. I wonder at your obstinacy, who continue thus to contrive the ruin of a man, whom God hath so visibly declared that he favours: to what purpose are all your conspiracies, but only to bring sudden destruction upon yourselves? for you shall all perish in this enterprise, and fall to the ground, like a wall that is not evenly built; or like a partition made only of loose stones, that have no mortar to cement and hold them fast together.

Psalms 62:4

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency; they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. It is plain what they design, and whither all their consultations tend; to dethrone him whom God hath been pleased to advance to the highest dignity: this they hope now to effect by lies and calumnies; in which they please themselves, as formerly they did in fawning and flattery: speaking fairly to me with their mouth, when in their heart they wished my utter ruin. (See Psal.lv. 21.)

Psalms 62:5

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. But let not this discourage thee, O my soul; resolve still to wait upon God with quietness and patience: for from him I expect my deliverance.

Psalms 62:6

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.~. By his providence, as I said before, I doubt not I shall be so safe, so secure, that, do what they can, they shall not be able to take one step more to throw me out of my throne.

Psalms 62:7

In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Both my safely, and my honour, and dignity, depend upon God alone; and not upon their will and pleasure: and I trust not cither in