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Selected Verse: Psalms 62:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 62:5 |
Strong Concordance |
My soul [05315], wait [01826] thou only upon God [0430]; for my expectation [08615] is from him. |
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King James |
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Psa 62:1-2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
My soul, wait thou only upon God - See the notes at Psa 62:1. There is, in the word used here, and rendered wait, the same idea of rest or repose which occurs in Psa 62:1. The meaning is, that he would commit the whole cause to God, and that his soul would thus be calm and without apprehension.
For my expectation is from him - In Psa 62:1, this is salvation. The idea here is, that all that he expected or hoped for must come from God. He did not rely on his fellow men; he did not rely on himself. God alone could deliver him, and he confidently believed that God would do it. Often are we in such circumstances that we feel that our only "expectation" - our only hope - is in God. All our strength fails; all our resources are exhausted; our fellow-men cannot or will not aid us; our own efforts seem to be vain; our plans are frustrated, and we are shut up to the conclusion that God alone can help us. How often is this felt by a Christian parent in regard to the conversion of his children. All his own efforts seem to be vain; all that he says is powerless; his hopes, long-cherished, are disappointed; his very prayers seem not to be heard; and he is made to feel that his only hope is in God - a sovereign God - and that the whole case must be left in His hands. This state of mind, when it is fully reached, is often all that is needful in order that our desires may be granted. It is desirable that this state of mind should be produced; and when it is produced, the prayer is answered. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The beginning of the second group goes back and seizes upon the beginning of the first. אך is affirmative both in Psa 62:6 and in Psa 62:7. The poet again takes up the emotional affirmations of Psa 62:2, Psa 62:3, and, firm and defiant in faith, opposes them to his masked enemies. Here what he says to his soul is very similar to what he said of his soul in Psa 62:2, inasmuch as he makes his own soul objective and exalts himself above her; and it is just in this that the secret of personality consists. He here admonishes her to that silence which in Psa 62:2 he has already acknowledged as her own; because all spiritual existence as being living remains itself unchanged only by means of a perpetual "becoming" (mittelst steten Werdens), of continuous, self-conscious renovation. The "hope" in Psa 62:6 is intended to be understood according to that which forms its substance, which here is nothing more nor less than salvation, Psa 62:2. That for which he who resigns himself to God hopes, comes from God; it cannot therfore fail him, for God the Almighty One and plenteous in mercy is surety for it. David renounces all help in himself, all personal avenging of his own honour - his salvation and his honour are על־אלהים (vid., on Psa 7:11). The rock of his strength, i.e., his strong defence, his refuge, is בּאלהים; it is where Elohim is, Elohim is it in person (בּ as in Isa 26:4). By עם, Psa 62:9, the king addresses those who have reamined faithful to him, whose feeble faith he has had to chide and sustain in other instances also in the Psalms belonging to this period. The address does not suit the whole people, who had become for the most part drawn into the apostasy. Moreover it would then have been עמּי (my people). עם frequently signifies the people belonging to the retinue of a prince (Jdg 3:18), or in the service of any person of rank (Kg1 19:21), or belonging to any union of society whatever (Kg2 4:42.). David thus names those who cleave to him; and the fact that he cannot say "my people" just shows that the people as a body had become alienated from him. But those who have remained to him of the people are not therefore to despair; but they are to pour out before God, who will know how to protect both them and their king, whatever may lie heavily upon their heart. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Wait thou only upon God - There is none but him in whom thou canst safely trust; and to get his help, resign thyself into his hands; be subject to him, and be silent before him; thou hast what thou hast deserved. See on Psa 62:1 (note). |
1 To the chief Musician [05329], to Jeduthun [03038], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Truly my soul [05315] waiteth [01747] upon God [0430]: from him cometh my salvation [03444].
2 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]; he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be greatly [07227] moved [04131].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], to Jeduthun [03038], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Truly my soul [05315] waiteth [01747] upon God [0430]: from him cometh my salvation [03444].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], to Jeduthun [03038], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Truly my soul [05315] waiteth [01747] upon God [0430]: from him cometh my salvation [03444].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], to Jeduthun [03038], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Truly my soul [05315] waiteth [01747] upon God [0430]: from him cometh my salvation [03444].
42 And there came [0935] a man [0376] from Baalshalisha [01190], and brought [0935] the man [0376] of God [0430] bread [03899] of the firstfruits [01061], twenty [06242] loaves [03899] of barley [08184], and full ears of corn [03759] in the husk [06861] thereof. And he said [0559], Give [05414] unto the people [05971], that they may eat [0398].
21 And he returned back [07725] from him [0310], and took [03947] a yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and slew [02076] them, and boiled [01310] their flesh [01320] with the instruments [03627] of the oxen [01241], and gave [05414] unto the people [05971], and they did eat [0398]. Then he arose [06965], and went [03212] after [0310] Elijah [0452], and ministered [08334] unto him.
18 And when he had made an end [03615] to offer [07126] the present [04503], he sent away [07971] the people [05971] that bare [05375] the present [04503].
9 Surely men [0120] [01121] of low degree are vanity [01892], and men [0376] of high degree are a lie [03577]: to be laid [05927] in the balance [03976], they are altogether [03162] lighter than vanity [01892].
4 Trust [0982] ye in the LORD [03068] for ever [05703]: for in the LORD [03050] JEHOVAH [03068] is everlasting [05769] strength [06697]:
11 God [0430] judgeth [08199] the righteous [06662], and God [0410] is angry [02194] with the wicked every day [03117].
2 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]; he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be greatly [07227] moved [04131].
6 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]: he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be moved [04131].
2 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]; he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be greatly [07227] moved [04131].
2 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]; he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be greatly [07227] moved [04131].
3 How long will ye imagine mischief [02050] against a man [0376]? ye shall be slain [07523] all of you: as a bowing [05186] wall [07023] shall ye be, and as a tottering [01760] fence [01447].
2 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]; he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be greatly [07227] moved [04131].
7 In God [0430] is my salvation [03468] and my glory [03519]: the rock [06697] of my strength [05797], and my refuge [04268], is in God [0430].
6 He only is my rock [06697] and my salvation [03444]: he is my defence [04869]; I shall not be moved [04131].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], to Jeduthun [03038], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Truly my soul [05315] waiteth [01747] upon God [0430]: from him cometh my salvation [03444].