Psalms 62:3

By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

In Context

2O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.

4For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:28Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will you be unwilling to keep my commandments and my law?

Psalms 4:2When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer.

Psalms 18:3Day proclaims the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge.

Psalms 38:12I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.

Psalms 82:2O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.

Psalms 140:2Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 62:2-8

Waiting upon God; Confidence in God. 1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my… Read the whole commentary →

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