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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 62"
description: "PSALM 62   :-. To Jeduthun—(See on  :-, title). The general tone of this Psalm is expressive of
confidence in God. Occasion is taken to remind the wicked"
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PSALM 62

. *To Jeduthun*—(See on , title). The general tone of this Psalm is expressive of
confidence in God. Occasion is taken to remind the wicked of their
sin, their ruin, and their meanness.

**1. waiteth**—literally, "is
silent," trusts submissively and confidently as a servant.

**2.** The titles applied to God
often occur ([Psalms 9:9](../../../kjv/psalms/9/9); [Psalms 18:2](../../../kjv/psalms/18/2)).
**be greatly moved**— ([Psalms 18:2](../../../kjv/psalms/18/2)). No injury shall be permanent, though devised by enemies.

**3.** Their destruction will come;
as a tottering wall they already are feeble and failing.
**bowing wall shall ye
be**—better supply "are." Some propose to apply these
phrases to describe the condition of "a man"—that is, the
pious suffer: thus, "Will ye slay him," c. but the other is
a good sense.

**4. his excellency**—or,
elevation to which God had raised him (). This they try to do by lies and duplicity ().

**5, 6.** (Compare [Psalms 62:1](../../../kjv/psalms/62/1);
[Psalms 62:2](../../../kjv/psalms/62/2)).

**6. not be moved**—not at all;
his confidence has increased.

**7. rock of my strength**—or
strongest support ([Psalms 7:10](../../../kjv/psalms/7/10);
[Psalms 61:3](../../../kjv/psalms/61/3)).

**8. pour out your heart**—give
full expression to feeling ([1 Samuel 1:15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/15);
[Job 30:16](../../../kjv/job/30/16); [Psalms 42:4](../../../kjv/psalms/42/4)).
**ye people**—God's people.

**9.** No kind of men are reliable,
compared with God ([Isaiah 2:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/22);
[Jeremiah 17:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/5)).
**altogether**—alike, one
as the other ([Psalms 34:3](../../../kjv/psalms/34/3)).

**10.** Not only are oppression and
robbery, which are wicked means of wealth, no grounds of boasting;
but even wealth, increasing lawfully, ought not to engross the heart.

**11. once; twice**—(as in [Job 33:14](../../../kjv/job/33/14);
[Job 40:5](../../../kjv/job/40/5)), are used to give
emphasis to the sentiment. God's power is tempered by His mercy,
which it also sustains.

**12. for thou renderest**—literally,
"that Thou renderest," &c., connected with "I
heard this," as the phrase—"that power," &c. [] —teaching that by His power He can show both mercy and
justice.

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