Psalms 62:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ךְ אֶל־אֱ֭לֹהִים דּֽוּמִיָּ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾak unto ʾĕlōhîm dûmîyâ my nepesh; from him my yĕshûʿâtî

Grammar Details

• *ʾak*: adverb - surely/only/indeed
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with preposition '*ʾel*' (to/toward) - God
• *dûmîyâ*: feminine singular noun - silence/rest/quiet waiting
• *nepesh*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - soul/life/self
• *yĕshûʿâtî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix, with prefixed preposition '*min*' (from) - salvation/deliverance

Word Meanings

• *ʾak*: surely/only/indeed/truly
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)
• *dûmîyâ*: silence/stillness/quiet waiting/trust
• *nepesh*: soul/life/self/being/person
• *yĕshûʿâtî*: my salvation/deliverance/victory/help

Referenced Verses

• Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
• Ps 59:17 : 17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
• Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
• Deut 32:30-31 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
• Ps 59:9 : 9 [Because of] his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower.
• Ps 73:25-26 : 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
• Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
• 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!