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

8O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude 9Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air. Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life. 11God has spoken plainly, and I have heard it many times: Power, O God, belongs to you; 12unfailing love, O Lord, is yours. Surely you repay all people according to what they have 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 20:19For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.
• Isaiah 28:15You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. The coming destruction can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”
• Isaiah 30:12This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies,
• Isaiah 47:10“You felt secure in your wickedness. ‘No one sees me,’ you said. But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray, and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’
• Isaiah 59:4No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.
• Jeremiah 13:25This is your allotment, the portion I have assigned to you,” says the Lord, “for you have forgotten me, putting your trust in false gods.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. At midlife they will lose their riches; in the end, they will become poor old fools.
• Psalms 39:6We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.
• Psalms 52:7“Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
• Deuteronomy 6:10“The Lord your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build.
• Deuteronomy 8:12For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,
• Job 27:16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.
• Job 31:24“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?
• Mark 8:36And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
• Mark 10:23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!”
• Luke 12:15Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

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