Psalm 62

Modern

Literal

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.

¹For the one directing. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Only toward God is my soul silent; from Him is my salvation.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation.

He is my fortress;

I will never be shaken.

²Only He is my Rock and my salvation, My tower; not much will I be shaken.

³How long will you threaten a man?

Will all of you throw him down

like a leaning wall

or a tottering fence?

³Until when will you plot against a man? You are destroyed, all of you, like a wall leaning, a fence being pushed down.

⁴They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch;

they delight in lies;

with their mouths they bless,

but inwardly they curse.

Selah

⁴Surely from his high position they take counsel to thrust him down; they delight in lies—with their mouth they bless, and within them they curse. Selah

⁵Rest in God alone, O my soul,

for my hope comes from Him.

⁵Only for God be silent, O my soul, for from Him is my hope.

⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation;

He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

⁶Only He is my Rock and my salvation, my secure height; I will not be shaken.

⁷My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock;

my refuge is in God.

⁷In God is my salvation and my glory, the Rock of my strength; my refuge is in God.

⁸Trust in Him at all times, O people;

pour out your hearts before Him.

God is our refuge.

Selah

⁸Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is is a refuge for us. Selah

⁹Lowborn men are but a vapor;

the exalted are but a lie.

Weighed on the scale, they go up;

together they are but a vapor.

⁹Only a vapor are the sons of a man, a lie the sons of a man—in the scales they go up as a vapor together.

¹⁰Place no trust in extortion

or false hope in stolen goods.

If your riches increase,

do not set your heart upon them.

¹⁰You should not trust in oppression, and do not be vain in robbery; on wealth when it increases you should not set the heart.

¹¹God has spoken once;

I have heard this twice:

that power belongs to God,

¹¹Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this, that strength is unto God,

¹²and loving devotion to You, O Lord.

For You will repay each man

according to his deeds.^a

¹²and unto You, O Lord, is loving devotion. For You do recompense to each man according to his work.