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Psalms 62:5
5Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
Psalms 62:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.
Context of Psalms 62:5
3How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 4Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. 6Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
Read all of Psalms 62Psalms 62:5 word by word
אַ֣ךְ לֵ֭אלֹהִים דּ֣וֹמִּי נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 62:5
- Psalms 42:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 43:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 103:1Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
- Psalms 104:1Praise the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
- Psalms 146:1Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul.
- Psalms 62:1Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
- Psalms 27:13I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
- Psalms 37:34Hope in the Lord and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.
- Lamentations 3:24I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
- Habakkuk 2:3For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
- Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord, “for the day I will stand up to testify. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.
- John 6:67“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
- Psalms 39:7“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
- Psalms 71:5For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
- Jeremiah 17:17Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
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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