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Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
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.
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The words “at all times” leave no part of life outside trust in God, while pouring out your heart makes room for what is hard to say.
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Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.Both passages direct trust toward God and speak of the heart as involved in that trust.
Philippians 4:6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.Pouring out your heart and making your requests known both mean bringing what concerns you before God.
Psalm 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.Both passages direct people to bring what weighs on them to God, who provides refuge and support.
Romans 12:12rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,Trust at all times shares a thread with enduring trouble and keeping steady in prayer.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.Both passages urge enduring trust in God, describing him as a refuge or an everlasting Rock.
Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the …Both say to pour out your heart before God; Lamentations places that cry amid children fainting from hunger.
Psalm 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.Both command trust in God and speak of safety through the images of refuge and safe pasture.
Psalm 142:2I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.Pouring out the heart in Psalm 62 becomes pouring out a complaint and telling troubles in Psalm 142.
Mark 11:22Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.Both verses direct faith toward God, naming him as the one to trust.
1 Samuel 1:15Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD.Hannah describes pouring out her soul before the LORD, sharing Psalm 62’s language of pouring out the heart.
Psalm 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.Both name God as a refuge; Psalm 18 expands that shelter language with a fortress and high tower.
Isaiah 26:16LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.Both use the language of pouring out before God; Isaiah describes prayer during trouble and God’s chastening.
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A heart poured out before God can still be a trusting heart. The verse joins open speech with reliance on him: God is a refuge.
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