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Psalms 62:5
5I must be patient as I wait for God to help me. He is the only one that I can trust for help.
Psalms 62:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- New International Version (NIV)Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him.
Context of Psalms 62:5
3How long will you all continue to attack me? I am just one man, and you want to kill me! You want to knock me down, like a weak wall or a fence that is falling down. 4You only want to push me off my high place. You love to tell lies to deceive people. When you say words to bless people, you are cursing them in your thoughts. Selah. I must be patient as I wait for God to help me. He is the only one that I can trust for help. 6He alone is the strong rock where I can hide and be safe. With him, nothing will make me fall. 7It is God who has kept me safe, and he has made me great. He is the strong place where I can hide and be safe.
Read all of Psalms 62Psalms 62:5 word by word
אַ֣ךְ לֵ֭אלֹהִים דּ֣וֹמִּי נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 62:5
- Psalms 42:5Now I ask myself, ‘Why am I so sad and upset?’ I must wait patiently for God to help me. Then I will praise my God once again, because he is the one who saves me.
- Psalms 43:5I ask myself, ‘Why am I so sad and upset?’ I must wait patiently for God to help me. Then I will praise my God once again, because he is the one who saves me.
- Psalms 103:1I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’ Everything that is in me, praise his holy name!
- Psalms 104:1I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’ Lord, my God, you are very great! You rule with authority as a great king.
- Psalms 146:1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’
- Psalms 62:1I will be patient as I wait for God to help me. He is the only one who can make me safe.
- Psalms 27:13But I surely believe that I will see how good the Lord is! I will know his love while I still live in this world.
- Psalms 37:34Be patient and continue to trust the Lord. Obey his commands. Then he will give you honour, so that you live safely in the land. You will see that the Lord destroys wicked people.
- Lamentations 3:24‘He is my Lord,’ I say to myself. ‘He is the reason why I can hope for good things.’
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I will watch for what the Lord will do. I will wait for God, who saves me. I know that he hears me.
- Habakkuk 2:3What I will show to you must happen at the time that I have decided. That is a future time, but it will certainly happen, as I have said. It may not happen very soon, but you must be patient. What I show to you will certainly happen at the right time, so wait for it.
- Zephaniah 3:8So wait for me, I will stand up and I will punish the nations. I have decided to bring together the nations and the people that kings rule over. Then I will punish them very, very much. They will see how angry I am. They will see it because, on that day, I will burn all the earth.’ That is what the Lord says.
- John 6:67Then Jesus asked the 12 apostles, ‘Do you want to go away from me, too?’
- Psalms 39:7So, my Lord, what help can I hope to get? You are the only one that I can really trust!
- Psalms 71:5My Lord, I trust you to help me. I have trusted in you, Lord, since I was young.
- Jeremiah 17:17Please do not make me afraid! When I am in trouble, I run to you to be safe.
Commentaries on Psalms 62:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Wait thou only upon God - There is none but him in whom thou canst safely trust; and to get his help, resign thyself into his hands; be subject to him, and be silent before him; thou hast what thou hast deserved. See on Psalm 62:1; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5My soul, wait thou only upon God - See the notes at Psalm 62:1. There is, in the word used here, and rendered wait, the same idea of rest or repose which occurs in Psalm 62:1. The meaning is, that he would commit the whole cause to God, and that his soul would thus be calm and without apprehension. For my expectation is from him - In Psalm 62:1, this is salvation. The idea here is, that all that he expected or hoped for must come from God. He did not rely…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. 5-65-6. (Compare Psa 62:1, 2).Read the comment
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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
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