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Psalm 62:5 through Psalm 62:12 (NIV)
5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
Selah
9 Lowborn men are but a breath,
the highborn are but a lie;
if weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion
or take pride in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
do not set your heart on them.
11 One thing God has spoken,
two things have I heard:
that you, O God, are strong,
12 and that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely you will reward each person
according to what he has done.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-7
We are in the way both of duty and comfort, when our souls wait upon God; when
we cheerfully give up ourselves, and all our affairs, to his will and wisdom;
when we leave ourselves to all the ways of his providence, and patiently expect
the event, with full satisfaction in his goodness. See the ground and reason of
this dependence. By his grace he has supported me, and by his providence
delivered me. He only can be my Rock and my salvation; creatures are nothing
without him, therefore I will look above them to him. Trusting in God, the heart
is fixed. If God be for us, we need not fear what man can do against us. David
having put his confidence in God, foresees the overthrow of his enemies. We have
found it good to wait upon the Lord, and should charge our souls to have such
constant dependence upon him, as may make us always easy. If God will save my
soul, I may well leave every thing else to his disposal, knowing all shall turn
to my salvation. And as David’s faith in God advances to an unshaken
stedfastness, so his joy in God improves into a holy triumph. Meditation and
prayer are blessed means of strengthening faith and hope.
VERSES 8-12
Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite
others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us.
the good counsel given is, to trust wholly in God. We must so trust in him at
all times, as not at any time to put that trust in ourselves, or in any
creature, which is to be put in him only. Trust in him to guide us when in
doubt, to protect us when in danger, to supply us when in want, to strengthen us
for every good word and work. We must lay out wants and our wishes before him,
and then patiently submit our wills to his: this is pouring out our hearts. God
is a refuge for all, even for as many as will take shelter in him. The psalmist
warns against trusting in men. The multitude, those of low degree, are
changeable as the wind. The rich and noble seem to have much in their power, and
lavish promises; but those that depend on them, are disappointed. Weighed in the
balance of Scripture, all that man can do to make us happy is lighter than
vanity itself. It is hard to have riches, and not to trust in them if they
increase, though by lawful and honest means; but we must take heed, lest we set
our affections unduly upon them. A smiling world is the most likely to draw the
heart from God, on whom alone it should be set. The consistent believer receives
all from God as a trust; and he seeks to use it to his glory, as a steward who
must render an account. God hath spoken as it were once for all, that power
belongs to him alone. He can punish and destroy. Mercy also belongs to him; and
his recompensing the imperfect services of those that believe in him, blotting
out their transgressions for the Redeemer’s sake, is a proof of abundant mercy,
and encourages us to trust in him. Let us trust in his mercy and grace, and
abound in his work, expecting mercies from him alone.
See also Psalm 46