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Psalm 62

Psa. 62:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, wait
damam (Hebrew #1826)
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
KJV usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: daw-man'
Origin: a prim root (compare 1724, 1820)
thou only upon God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
; for my expectation
tiqvah (Hebrew #8615)
literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare 6961)); figuratively, expectancy
KJV usage: expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Pronounce: tik-vaw'
Origin: from 6960
is from him.

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 42:5,11• 5Why art thou cast down,{HR}[O] my soul, and hast been disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him{HR}[For] the help of his countenance.
 11Why art thou cast down,{HR}[O] my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him,{HR}The help of my countenance and my God. (Psa. 42:5,11)
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Psa. 43:5• 5Why art thou cast down, Ο my soul?{HR}And why art thou disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him,{HR}The help of my countenance and my God. (Psa. 43:5)
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Psa. 103:1‑2• 1Of David.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul,{HR}And all within me,{HR}[Bless] his holy name.
 2Bless Jehovah, my soul,{HR}And forget not all his benefits; (Psa. 103:1‑2)
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Psa. 104:1,35• 1Bless Jehovah, my soul.{HR}Jehovah my God, thou art very great.{HR}Honour and majesty hast thou put on,
 35Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth,{HR}And wicked men shall be no more.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul. Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 104:1,35)
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Psa. 146:1• 1Praise ye Jah.{HR}Praise Jehovah, O my soul. (Psa. 146:1)
wait.
Psa. 62:1‑2• 1To the chief musician, on Jeduthun, a psalm of David.{HR}Only on God [is] my soul still ;{HR}From him [is] my salvation.
 2Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my high place;{HR}I shall not be greatly moved. (Psa. 62:1‑2)
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Psa. 27:13‑14• 13If I had not trusted{HR}To look upon the goodness of Jehovah{HR}In the land of the living!
 14Wait for Jehovah;{HR}Be strong, and he shall strengthen thy heart;{HR}Yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:13‑14)
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Psa. 37:34• 34Wait for Jehovah and keep his ways,{HR}And he will exalt thee to inherit the land;{HR}When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it]. (Psa. 37:34)
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Lam. 3:24‑26• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
 25Jehovah is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
 26It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:24‑26)
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Mic. 7:7• 7But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (Mic. 7:7)
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Hab. 2:3• 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Hab. 2:3)
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Zeph. 3:8• 8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. (Zeph. 3:8)
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John 6:67‑69• 67Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Do ye also wish to go away?
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? Thou hast words of life eternal;
 69and we have believed and known that thou art the Holy One of God. (John 6:67‑69)
my.
Psa. 39:7• 7And now what wait I for, O Lord?{HR}My expectation [is] from thee. (Psa. 39:7)
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Psa. 71:5• 5For thou [art] my hope, Adonai Jehovah,{HR}My confidence from my youth. (Psa. 71:5)
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Jer. 17:17• 17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil. (Jer. 17:17)
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Phil. 1:20• 20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed; but in all boldness, as always now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. (Phil. 1:20)
• There is, too, an active reckoning upon God. But this leaves the soul absolutely and exclusively waiting on Him. It is not active for itself; it waits only upon God. (“Truly” in verse 1 and “only” in verse 5 is the same word in Hebrew.) (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)
• On the other hand, there is no working of self-will at all, no acceptance or saving of self by an intervention inferior in its nature to God Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)
• He does not seek to defend himself, He does not look to man for help. (“Psalm 62” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefullyb; for my expectation is from him.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "wait in silence," as Ps. 65.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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Only on God be still, my soul,{HR}For from him [is] my expectation.