Psalm 62-64

New King James Version

A Calm Resolve to Wait for the Salvation of God

To the Chief Musician. To ^(A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

62 Truly ^(B)my soul silently waits for God;
From Him comes my salvation.
²He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my ^[a]defense;
I shall not be greatly ^(C)moved.^[b]

³How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
^(D)Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
⁴They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They ^(E)delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah

⁵My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my ^[c]expectation is from Him.
⁶He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be ^[d]moved.
⁷^(F)In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.

⁸Trust in Him at all times, you people;
^(G)Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah

⁹^(H)Surely men of low degree are ^[e]a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.
¹⁰Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
^(I)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.

¹¹God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
¹²Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For ^(J)You ^[f]render to each one according to his work.

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David ^(K)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
^(L)My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
²So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see ^(M)Your power and Your glory.

³^(N)Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
⁴Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will ^(O)lift up my hands in Your name.
⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with ^[g]marrow and ^[h]fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

⁶When ^(P)I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
⁷Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
⁸My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.

⁹But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
¹⁰They shall ^[i]fall by the sword;
They shall be ^[j]a portion for jackals.

¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God;
^(Q)Everyone who swears by Him shall glory;
But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

Oppressed by the Wicked but Rejoicing in the Lord

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

64 Hear my voice, O God, in my ^[k]meditation;
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
²Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
³Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
^(R)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
⁴That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

⁵They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
^(S)They say, “Who will see them?”
⁶They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

⁷But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they shall be wounded.
⁸So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
^(T)All who see them shall flee away.
⁹All men shall fear,
And shall ^(U)declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider His doing.