◄ What Does Psalm 62:1 Mean? ►

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

Psalm 62:1(NASB)

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David, the man after God's own heart, was beset by difficulties and dangers and encompassed about by many enemies and those that would seek his life to destroy him. But David's confidence was in the Lord Who was his Rock, his Defender, and his mighty Fortress.

Like so many of David's psalms, the clarion call of this canticle is that God alone is the source and sphere of David's need, and God alone has the right to demand our own undivided trust and worship. For God alone is our salvation and strength, He alone is our Rock of defence, our Shepherd and King, our Lord and our Life, our Way, our End, and our God.

Like David, we must secure our undivided confidence in the Lord our God, for He alone is the foundation upon which our hope is established, our source of supply, our fountain of grace, and from Him alone flow rivers of living water. God alone is the only One in Whom our trust must be continuously founded, for He alone is worthy.

And so, despite the difficulties and dangers that encompassed king David and in spite of the enemies that would seek his life to destroy him, David, the man after God's own heart, waited in silence for God. David knew that in quietness and in confidence is our strength, for salvation is from the Lord and He alone is the one upon whom we must depend.

What a testimony of David's dependence on the Lord that according to Jedudthun, one of the king's chief musical directors in Israel, David in the midst of profound difficulty and distress waited in quiet confidence on the Lord his God.

May our soul also wait in silence for God, for from Him alone is our salvation.

My Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for the cloud of witnesses that demonstrated a quiet confidence in You. Hush my heart today and help me, like them, to fix the thoughts of my mind and the meditation of my heart on You alone as I quietly wait in silence for You, knowing You are my Rock of salvation, my Defence and my Defender. You are my Lord, my Life, my Way, and my all in all. In Jesus' name, AMEN.