Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. New Living Translation Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. English Standard Version For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. Berean Standard Bible Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him. King James Bible My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. New King James Version My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. New American Standard Bible My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my hope is from Him. NASB 1995 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. NASB 1977 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. Legacy Standard Bible Surely wait in silence for God, O my soul, For my hope is from Him. Amplified Bible For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him, For my hope is from Him. Christian Standard Bible Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from Him. American Standard Version My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English My soul looks for God, from whom is my salvation. Brenton Septuagint Translation Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him is my patient hope. Contemporary English Version Only God gives inward peace, and I depend on him. Douay-Rheims Bible But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my patience. English Revised Version My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Wait calmly for God alone, my soul, because my hope comes from him. Good News Translation I depend on God alone; I put my hope in him. International Standard Version My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope. JPS Tanakh 1917 Only for God wait thou in stillness, my soul; For from Him cometh my hope. Literal Standard Version For God alone, be silent, O my soul, | For my hope [is] from Him. Majority Standard Bible Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him. New American Bible My soul, be at rest in God alone, from whom comes my hope. NET Bible Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence. New Revised Standard Version For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. New Heart English Bible My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. Webster's Bible Translation My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. World English Bible My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. Young's Literal Translation Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him is my hope. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Waiting on God…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 5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him. 6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.… Cross References Hebrews 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, Psalm 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed. Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD! Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes. Psalm 62:1 In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him. Psalm 130:5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. Treasury of Scripture My soul, wait you only on God; for my expectation is from him. soul Psalm 42:5,11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance… Psalm 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 103:1,2 A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name… wait Psalm 62:1,2 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation… Psalm 27:13,14 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living… Psalm 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. my Psalm 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Psalm 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. Jeremiah 17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. Jump to Previous Alone Expectation Faith Find Hope Peacefully Rest Silence Silent Soul Wait WaitsJump to Next Alone Expectation Faith Find Hope Peacefully Rest Silence Silent Soul Wait WaitsPsalm 62 1. David, professing his confidence in God, discourages his enemies5. 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 (5) As in Psalm 62:1. Truly to God, be silence my soul. The state of resignation is one which can only be preserved by prayer. We may say, I will, but can only feel it through prayer.Verses 5-8. - From the thought of his bitter enemies and their wicked machinations against him, the psalmist returns to expressions of his own full confidence in God - first falling back on almost the identical words of his opening stanza (comp. vers. 5, 6 with vers. 1, 2); then slightly varying them (ver. 7); and finally commending trust and confidence to the remnant of the people who continue faithful to God and to his anointed (ver. 8). Verse 5. - My soul, wait thou only upon God. Compare the opening words of the psalm, which are nearly identical. For my expectation is from him. "Expectation" here takes the place of "salvation" in ver. 1. Otherwise there is no difference. The God who has given salvation in the past is the Being from whom it is expected in the future. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Restדּ֣וֹמִּי (dō·wm·mî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish in God לֵ֭אלֹהִים (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | 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 O 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 for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction my hope תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ (tiq·wā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy comes from Him. מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Links Psalm 62:5 NIVPsalm 62:5 NLT Psalm 62:5 ESV Psalm 62:5 NASB Psalm 62:5 KJV Psalm 62:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 62:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 62:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 62:5 French Bible Psalm 62:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 62:5 My soul wait in silence for God (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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