Psalms 62:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved{H8735)}.

📖 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 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Ps 59:17 : 17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing{H8762)}: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
• Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved{H8735)}.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but 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 the LORD had shut 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. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD 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{H8714)}: for the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} him with his hand.
• Ps 59:9 : 9 Because of his strength will I wait{H8799)} upon thee: for God is my defence.
• Ps 73:25-26 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire{H8804)} beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth{H8804)}: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
• Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry{H8799)} unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow 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, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, 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 is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
• Ps 21:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!