New King James Version
Psalms 62:5
5My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is 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.
- 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 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 attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence. 4They only consult to cast him down from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. Selah My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. 6He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. 7In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.
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 are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.
- Psalms 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
- Psalms 103:1Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
- Psalms 104:1Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty,
- Psalms 146:1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
- Psalms 62:1Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.
- Psalms 27:13I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
- Psalms 37:34Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Lamentations 3:24“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
- Micah 7:7Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.
- Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
- Zephaniah 3:8“Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations To My assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My indignation, All My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.
- John 6:67Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
- Psalms 39:7“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
- Psalms 71:5For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.
- Jeremiah 17:17Do not be a terror to me; You are my hope in the day of doom.
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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