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

8Trust him at all times, you people. Pour out your hearts in his presence. God is our refuge. Selah 9Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind. Do not count on extortion ⌞to make you rich⌟. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them. 11God has spoken once. I have heard it ⌞said⌟ twice: “Power belongs to God. 12Mercy belongs to you, O Lord. You reward a person based on what he has done.”

Psalms 62:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Trustבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• not in oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
• and become not vainהָבַלhâbal · to become vainH1891
• in robberyגָּזֵלgâzêl · robberyH1498
• if richesחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• increaseנוּבnûb · to bear fruitH5107
• setשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• not your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Psalms 62:10

• Job 20:19because he crushed and abandoned the poor. He has taken by force a house that he didn’t build.
• Isaiah 28:15You say, “We made a treaty with death and an agreement with the grave. When the overwhelming disaster passes by, it won’t matter to us, because we have taken refuge in our lies, and falsehood is our hiding place.”
• Isaiah 30:12This is what the Holy One of Israel says: You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and leaned on them.
• Isaiah 47:10You feel safe in your wickedness and say, “No one can see me.” Your wisdom and knowledge have led you astray, so you say to yourself, “I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.”
• Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice, and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
• Jeremiah 13:25This is your fate, the destiny I have planned for you,” declares the Lord. “You have forgotten me and trusted false gods.
• Jeremiah 17:11A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a godless fool.”
• Psalms 39:6Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”
• Psalms 52:7“Look at this person who refused to make God his fortress! Instead, he trusted his great wealth and became strong through his greed.”
• Deuteronomy 6:10The Lord your God will bring you into the land and give it to you, as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This land will have large, prosperous cities that you didn’t build.
• Deuteronomy 8:12You will eat all you want. You will build nice houses and live in them.
• Job 27:16Though he collects silver like dust and piles up clothing like dirt,
• Job 31:24“If I put my confidence in gold or said to fine gold, ‘I trust you’….
• Mark 8:36What good does it do for people to win the whole world yet lose their lives?
• Mark 10:23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for rich people to enter God’s kingdom!”
• Luke 12:15He told the people, “Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material 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
• Set

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