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Psalm 62

Psalm 62 places confidence in God alone amid human threats, then warns against trusting status, wrongdoing, or wealth.

David faces people who want to bring him down through assault and lies. The heading names him as the psalm’s author and addresses the Chief Musician and Jeduthun, though the precise occasion is unknown. He speaks to his attackers, directs his own soul to wait for God, and then calls the people to trust God. The closing verses expose the frailty of human rank and wealth, declaring that power and loving kindness belong to God.

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1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
3How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
11God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.
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Key verses
Psalm 62:8David extends his own trust to the people, joining refuge in God with the freedom to pour out their hearts.
Psalm 62:6The repeated images of rock and fortress locate David’s security in God while the threat remains unresolved.
Psalm 62:5David addresses his own soul, turning his opening confession of rest into a command to wait for God.
Where this chapter reaches

Proverbs shares the warning against trusting riches, while Lamentations shares the language of quiet waiting and hope in God. Matthew and Romans share the closing theme of God repaying people according to their deeds, placing human conduct under his judgment.

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Questions people ask about Psalm 62

What does waiting in silence mean in Psalm 62?

In verse 5, David tells his soul to wait in silence because his expectation comes from God. Verse 8 also calls people to pour out their hearts before God. These statements belong together: quiet dependence on God leaves room for honest prayer about distress.

What does “I will not be shaken” mean in Psalm 62?

The phrase expresses David’s confidence that God is his secure foundation and protector. It appears alongside descriptions of assault, lies, and efforts to bring him down. The psalm leaves those threats unresolved, so the statement expresses trust in God’s saving strength amid danger rather than a claim that danger has ended.

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