Psalms 62:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

> My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־יְדוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

To the mĕnaṣṣēaḥ upon yĕdûtûn, a mizmôr for dāwid

Grammar Details

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: masculine singular participle with prefixed preposition 'to/for' - the director/choirmaster
• *yĕdûtûn*: proper noun with preposition '*ʿal*' (upon/according to) - Jeduthun (likely a musical director)
• *mizmôr*: masculine singular noun construct - psalm/song
• *dāwid*: proper noun with prefixed preposition 'for/of' - David

Word Meanings

• *mĕnaṣṣēaḥ*: director/chief musician/choirmaster/overseer
• *yĕdûtûn*: Jeduthun (proper name, possibly a musical mode or guild)
• *mizmôr*: psalm/melody/musical composition
• *dāwid*: David (proper name)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
• Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
• Ps 37:39 : 39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
• Ps 121:2 : 2 My help comes from Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
• Ps 123:2 : 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
• Ps 130:5-6 : 5 I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. 6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; More than watchmen for the morning.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation."
• Luke 2:30-32 : 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples; 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of your people Israel."
• Jas 5:7 : 7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
• Isa 40:31 : 31 but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
• Lam 3:25 : 25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
• Lam 3:38 : 38 Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
• Isa 30:18 : 18 Therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Ps 25:5 : 5 Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 > I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
• Ps 40:1 : 1 > I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
• Ps 62:2 : 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-- I will never be greatly shaken.
• Ps 62:5-6 : 5 My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my expectation is from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
• Ps 65:1 : 1 > Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
• Ps 68:19-20 : 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah. 20 God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
• Ps 77:1 : 1 > My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, And for him to listen to me.
• 1 Chr 16:41-42 : 41 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever; 42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
• 1 Chr 25:1 : 1 Moreover, David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
• 1 Chr 25:3 : 3 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
• Jer 3:23 : 23 Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.