Psalms 62:7
in Psalms 62My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
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ASV
With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
KJV
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
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This verse in Psalms 62
Commentary
12 notes on this verse"In God is my salvation and my glory; he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God." Blessed is one who exults in none of the lofty things of life but regards God as his glory: who holds Christ as his boast; who is able to say, according to the apostle, "But as for me, God forbid that I should glory except in the cross of Christ."
This site's exposition
Rest in God alone
on Psalms 62:5-8
What was a confession at verse 1 comes back at verse 5 as an order to his own soul. Spurgeon marks the turn at verse 8, where the man who said He alone now says O people, and hands the posture to the congregation. Pour out your hearts before Him.
This site's exposition
and my honor rest on God
Charles Spurgeon hears two pictures in the titles. God is a rock when the soul flees to Him for refuge and a strong rock when it stands firm against the foe.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"In God is my salvation and my glory" (ver. 7). Saved I shall be in God, glorious I shall be in God: for not only saved, but also glorious, saved, because a just man I have been made out of an ungodly man, by Him justified; but glorious, because not only justified, but also honoured. For "those whom He hath predestined, those also He hath called." Calling them, what hath He done here? "Whom He hath called, the same also He hath justified; but whom He hath justified, the same also He hath glorified." Justification therefore to salvation belongeth, glorifying to honour. How glorifying to honour belongeth, it is not needful to discuss. How justification belongeth to salvation, let us seek some proof. Behold there cometh to mind out of the Gospel: there were some who to themselves were seeming to be just men, and they were finding fault with the Lord because He admitted to the feast sinners, and with publicans and sinners was eating; to such men therefore priding themselves, strong men of earth very much lifted up, much glorying of their own soundness, such as they counted it, not such as they had, the Lord answered what? "They that are whole need not a Physician, but they that are sick." Whom calleth He whole, whom calleth He sick? He continueth and saith, "I have not come to call just men, but sinners unto repentance." He hath called therefore "the whole" just men, not because the Pharisees were so, but because themselves they thought so to be; and for this reason were proud, and grudged sick men a physician, and being more sick than those, they slew the Physician. He hath called whole, however, righteous men, sick, the sinners. My being justified therefore, saith that man that leapeth over, from Himself I have: my being glorified, from Himself I have: "For God is my salvation and my glory." "My salvation," so that saved I am: "my glory," so that honoured I am. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
): My soul, wait thou only upon God. Note, The good we do we should stir up ourselves to continue doing, and to do yet more and more, as those that have, through grace, experienced the comfort and benefit of it.
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): In God is my salvation and my glory. Where our salvation is there our glory is; for what is our salvation but the glory to be revealed, the eternal weight of glory?
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), but a refuge for us all, even as many as will flee to him and take shelter in him. He cautions us to take heed of misplacing our confidence, in which, as much as in any thing, the heart is deceitful, Jer. xvii.
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4 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
In God is my salvation and my glory. Wherein should we glory but in him who saves us? Our honour may well be left with him who secures our souls. To find all in God, and to glory that it is so, is one of the sure marks of an enlightened soul. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. He multiplies titles, for he would render much honour to the Lord, whom he had tried, and proved to be a faithful God under so many aspects.
In God is my salvation and my glory. Wherein should we glory but in him who saves us? Our honour may well be left with him who secures our souls. To find all in God, and to glory that it is so, is one of the sure marks of an enlightened soul. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. He multiplies titles, for he would render much honour to the Lord, whom he had tried, and proved to be a faithful God under so many aspects. Ignorance needs but few words, but when experience brings a wealth of knowledge, we need varied expressions to serve as coffers for our treasure. God who is our rock when we flee for shelter, is also our strong rock when we stand firm and defy the foe; he is to be praised under both characters. Observe how the psalmist brands his own initials upon every name which he rejoicingly gives to his God— my expectation, my rock, my salvation, my glory, my strength, my refuge; he is not content to know that the Lord is all these things; he acts faith towards him, and lays claim to him under every character. What are the mines of Peru or Golconda to me if I have no inheritance in them? It is the word my which puts the honey into the comb. If our experience has not yet enabled us to realise the Lord under any of these consoling titles, we must seek grace that we may yet be partakers of their sweetness. The bees in some way or other penetrate the flowers and collect their juices; it must be hard for them to enter the closed cups and mouthless bags of some of the favourites of the garden, yet the honey gatherers find or make a passage; and in this they are our instructors, for into each delightful name, character, and office of our covenant God our persevering faith must find an entrance, and from each it must draw delight.
In God is my salvation - עי אלהים al Elohim, “Upon God is my salvation;” he has taken it upon himself. And my glory - the preservation of my state, and the safety of my kingdom.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In God is my salvation - See Psa 62:1. That is, his salvation, his safety, his anticipated deliverance, was to come only from God. And my glory - That in which I glory or boast; the source of all in me that is glorious or honorable. he gloried that there was such a God; he gloried that He was his God. The rock of my strength - The strong rock; the refuge that cannot be successfully assailed; where I shall feel strong and secure. See the notes at Psa 18:2. My refuge - That to which I may flee for safety. See the notes at Psa 46:1.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֱ֭לֹהִים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׁעִ֣י | yishi | salvation my | H3468 → | 36 times |
| וּכְבוֹדִ֑י | ukhevodi | and honor my | H3519 → | 200 times |
| צוּר־ | tzur- | [the] rock of | H6697 → | 78 times |
| עֻזִּ֥י | ʾuzi | strength my | H5797 → | 92 times |
| מַ֝חְסִ֗י | machsi | refuge my | H4268 → | 20 times |
| בֵּֽאלֹהִֽים׃ | belohim | [is] in God | H430 → | 2601 times |
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֱ֭לֹהִיםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
יִשְׁעִ֣יsalvation my
yishiH3468 →36 times
וּכְבוֹדִ֑יand honor my
ukhevodiH3519 →200 times
צוּר־[the] rock of
tzur-H6697 →78 times
עֻזִּ֥יstrength my
ʾuziH5797 →92 times
מַ֝חְסִ֗יrefuge my
machsiH4268 →20 times
בֵּֽאלֹהִֽים׃[is] in God
belohimH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
it leads to
- Psalms 27:6
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- Genesis 15:1
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Psalms 119:114
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
- Isaiah 60:19
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Psalms 27:6
Through
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
it leads to
- Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Psalms 18:2
Through
Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
it leads to
- Psalms 144:2
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- Psalms 144:2
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 62; Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 21:4; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.