1 To the chief musician, on Jeduthun, a psalm of David.
2 Only on God [is] my soul still from him [is] my salvation.
3 Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my high place; I shall not be greatly moved.
4 How long will ye set upon a man? will ye murder, all of you, one like a wall inclined, a fence thrust down?
5 Only they consult to thrust from his dignity; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, and in their inward part they curse. Selah.
6 Only on God be still, my soul, for from him [is] my expectation.
7 Only he [is] my rock awl my salvation, my high place; I shall not be moved.
8 On God [resteth] my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge [is] in God.
9 Confide in him at every time, O people; pour out before him your heart: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
10 Only a breath [are] lowborn men, a lie are highborn men; in a balance they go up less than a breath together.
11 Confide not in oppression, and in robbery be not vain; if riches increase, set not [your] heart [on them].
12 Once hath God spoken; twice have I heard this, that power [belongeth] to God.
13 And to thee, O Adonai, [belongeth] mercy; for thou renderest to man according to his work.
Notes on Psalm 62
Here it is “To the chief musician, on Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” Thus, as is well known, this psalm divides into three strophes, each opening with “only” or truly, and the first and second ending with Selah. God alone throughout is declared worthy of trust. Unworthy objects are exposed in the last, where God is shown emphatically worthy.
There is manifest progress in Psalm 62 as compared with its forerunner. The soul learns to be silent or still, as well as to call on God importunately. It distrusts its own activity, and is assured that God’s will alone is good. Only He therefore is looked to; no deliverance from another quarter would satisfy. Mercy, power, and justice are His.