Psalms 62:8

Psalms 62:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Context of Psalms 62:8

6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken. 7My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock. My refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before him. God is our refuge.Selah 9Common people are only a vapor; important people, an illusion. Together on a scale, they weigh less than a vapor. 10Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it.

Psalms 62:8 word by word

בִּטְח֘וּ ב֤וֹ בְכָל־עֵ֨ת׀ עָ֗ם שִׁפְכֽוּ־לְפָנָ֥יו לְבַבְכֶ֑ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים מַחֲסֶה־לָּ֣נוּ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Trustבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• in him at all timesעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• pour outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• him: Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• a refugeמַחְסֶּהmachăseh machseh · refugeH4268
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 62:8

• Psalms 22:4Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.
• Psalms 34:1I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
• Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with a jubilant cry.
• Job 13:15Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him.
• Isaiah 26:4Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock!
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and listens to his servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord; let him lean on his God.
• 1 John 2:28So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• Psalms 42:4I remember this as I pour out my heart: how I walked with many, leading the festive procession to the house of God, with joyful and thankful shouts.
• Psalms 102:1Lord, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before you.
• Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before him; I reveal my trouble to him.
• 1 Samuel 1:15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.
• Isaiah 26:16Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.
• Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at the head of every street.
• Philippians 4:6Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
• Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
• Psalms 46:11The Lord of Armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Selah

Commentaries on Psalms 62:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Trust in him - ye people - All ye who are faithful to your king, continue to trust in God. The usurper will soon be cast down, and your rightful sovereign restored to his government. Fear not the threatenings of my enemies, for God will be a refuge for us.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Trust in him at all times - This exhortation, addressed to all persons, in all circumstances, and at all times, is founded on the personal experience of the psalmist, and on the views which he had of the character of God, as worthy of universal confidence. David had found him worthy of such confidence; he now exhorts all others to make the same trial, and to put their trust in God in like manner. What he had found God to be, all others would find him to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The psalmist encourages himself and others to place their hope in God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. pour out your heart--give full expression to feeling (1Sa 1:15; Job 30:16; Psa 42:4). ye people--God's people.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 62:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Righteous

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Commentaries on Psalms 62

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings