Psalm 62:1
New International Version
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.

New Living Translation
I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.

English Standard Version
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

Berean Standard Bible
For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

King James Bible
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

New King James Version
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.

New American Standard Bible
For the music director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waits in silence for God alone; From Him comes my salvation.

NASB 1995
For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.

NASB 1977
My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the choir director. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Surely my soul waits in silence for God; From Him is my salvation.

Amplified Bible
To the Chief Musician; to Jeduthun [Ethan, the noted musician, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; From Him comes my salvation.

Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. † A psalm of David. I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm. I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him.

American Standard Version
For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him cometh my salvation.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My soul waits for God, from whom is my salvation.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the end, a Psalm of David for Idithun. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation.

Contemporary English Version
Only God can save me, and I calmly wait for him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waiteth only upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[For the choir director; according to Jeduthun; a psalm by David.] My soul waits calmly for God alone. My salvation comes from him.

Good News Translation
I wait patiently for God to save me; I depend on him alone.

International Standard Version
My soul rests quietly only when it looks to God; from him comes my deliverance.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; From Him cometh my salvation.

Literal Standard Version
TO THE OVERSEER. FOR JEDUTHUN. A PSALM OF DAVID. Toward God alone [is] my soul silent, | My salvation [is] from Him.

Majority Standard Bible
For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

New American Bible
For the leader; ‘al Jeduthun. A psalm of David. [2] My soul rests in God alone, from whom comes my salvation.

NET Bible
For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

New Revised Standard Version
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

New Heart English Bible
[For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.] My soul rests in God alone, for my salvation is from him.

Webster's Bible Translation
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

World English Bible
For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God is my soul silent, From Him is my salvation.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Waiting on God
1For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him. 2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.…

Cross References
Psalm 33:20
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

Psalm 37:39
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

Psalm 62:5
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Psalm 131:2
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.


Treasury of Scripture

Truly my soul waits on God: from him comes my salvation.

(Title.

Psalm 39:1
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Psalm 77:1
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

1 Chronicles 16:41,42
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; …

Truly.

Psalm 62:2,5,6
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved…

my soul

Psalm 25:5
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalm 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

waiteth [heb.

Psalm 37:39
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Psalm 68:19,20
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah…

Psalm 121:2
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

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Psalm 62
1. David, professing his confidence in God, discourages his enemies
5. In the same confidence he encourages the godly
9. No trust is to be put in worldly things
11. Power and mercy belong to God














(1) Waiteth upon God.--Literally, unto God (is) silence my soul. (Comp. Psalm 22:2; Psalm 39:2; Psalm 65:1.) The LXX. and Vulg., "shall be in subjection to," which no doubt gives one side of the feeling; but another may be illustrated by Wordsworth's--

"The holy time is quiet as a nun

Breathless with adoration."

Verse 1. - Truly my soul waiteth upon God; rather, my soul waiteth only upon God (Revised Version). The initial word, ak (אַך), which occurs six times in this psalm (vers. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9), is best translated "only" in every instance. It always intensifies the word or phrase to which it is attached - "only upon God" - "only he" - "only from his excellency" - "only vanity." From him cometh my salvation (comp. Psalm 35:3; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 65:5, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the choirmaster.
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent

According to
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Jeduthun.
יְדוּת֗וּן (yə·ḏū·ṯūn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3038: Jeduthun

A Psalm
מִזְמ֥וֹר (miz·mō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4210: Instrumental music, a poem set to notes

of David.
לְדָוִֽד׃ (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

In
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

God
אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

alone
אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

my soul
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

finds rest;
דּֽוּמִיָּ֣ה (dū·mî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1747: A silence, a quiet waiting, repose

my salvation
יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃ (yə·šū·‘ā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity

comes from Him.
מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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