Psalms 62:10

Psalms 62:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Context of Psalms 62:10

8Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah. 9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity. Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. 11Once hath God spoken, twice have I heard this, that strength [belongeth] unto God. 12And unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] loving-kindness; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Psalms 62:10 word by word

אַל־תִּבְטְח֣וּ בְעֹשֶׁק֮ וּבְגָזֵ֪ל אַל־תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ חַ֤יִל׀ כִּֽי־יָנ֑וּב אַל־תָּשִׁ֥יתוּ לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 62:10

• Job 20:19For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
• Isaiah 28:15For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.
• Isaiah 30:12Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in oppression and wilfulness, and depend thereon,
• Isaiah 47:10For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.
• Isaiah 59:4none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
• Jeremiah 13:25This shall be thy lot, thy measured portion from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and confided in falsehood.
• Jeremiah 17:11[As] the partridge sitteth on [eggs] it hath not laid, [so] is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
• Psalms 39:6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
• Psalms 52:7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his avarice.
• Deuteronomy 6:10And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee: great and good cities which thou buildedst not,
• Deuteronomy 8:12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
• Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
• Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
• Mark 8:36For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
• Mark 10:23And Jesus looking around says to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
• Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.

Commentaries on Psalms 62:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Trust not in oppression - Do not suppose that my unnatural son and his partisans can succeed. Become not vain in robbery - If ye have laid your hands on the spoils of my house, do not imagine that these ill-gotten riches will prosper. God will soon scatter them to all the winds of heaven. All oppressors come to an untimely end; and all property acquired by injustice has God's curse on it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Trust not in oppression - The general meaning here is, that we are not to trust in anything but God. In the previous verse the psalmist had stated reasons why we should not trust in men of any rank. In this verse he enumerates several things on which people are accustomed to rely, or in which they place confidence, and he says that we should put no confidence in them in respect to the help which we need, or the great objects which are to be accomplished…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. 10Extortion involves using threats to force someone to give up their belongings. Stealing means taking what belongs to someone else.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 62:10

• Dishonesty
• Oppression
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Expectation
• Imagine
• Jeduthun
• Psalms
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
• Riches
• Robber; Robbery
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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