Psalms 62:5-8

Context

62:5 Patiently wait for God alone, my soul!¹

For he is the one who gives me confidence.²

62:6 He alone is my protector³ and deliverer.

He is my refuge;⁴ I will not be upended.⁵

62:7 God delivers me and exalts me;

God is my strong protector and my shelter.⁶

62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people!

Pour out your hearts before him!⁷

God is our shelter! (Selah)

[62:5] ¹tn Heb “only for God be silent, my soul.” The wording is similar to that of v. 1a. Here an imperatival form, דּוֹמִּי (dommiy, “be silent”), appears instead of the noun דּוּמִיָּה (dumiyyah, “silence”). The psalmist is encouraging himself to maintain his trust in God.

[62:5] ²tn Heb “for from him [is] my hope.”

[62:6] ³tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”

[62:6] ⁴tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[62:6] ⁵sn The wording is identical to that of v. 2, except that רַבָּה (rabbah, “greatly”) does not appear in v. 6.

[62:7] ⁶tn Heb “upon God [is] my deliverance and my glory, the high rocky summit of my strength, my shelter [is] in God.”

[62:8] ⁷tn To “pour out one’s heart” means to offer up to God intense, emotional lamentation and petitionary prayers (see Lam 2:19).