Psalms 62

1 God is the only one who can give me peace in my inner being, and he is the one who saves me [from my enemies].

To the Chief Musician. On Jeduthun—A Melody of David. Surely, towards God, silence [becometh] my soul, From him, is my salvation:

2 Only he is like an [overhanging] rock [under which I can be safe] [MET]; he will be [like] a shelter, [with the result that] I will never be defeated [MET].

Surely, he, is my rock and my salvation, My high tower—I shall not be greatly shaken!

3 When will you, [my enemies], stop attacking me [RHQ]? I feel that I am [as useless against you as] a wall that is about to fall over or a broken-down fence [MET].

How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, —Like a wall that bulgeth, —a fence pushed in!

4 My enemies plan to remove me from my important position so that people no longer honor me. They delight in telling lies. They bless people by what they say [MTY], but in their inner beings they curse [those people].

Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, —With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. (Selah)

5 God is the only one who gives me peace in my inner being; he is the one whom I confidently expect [to help me].

Surely, towards God, be thou silent, my soul, For, from him, is mine expectation:

6 Only he is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I can be safe] [MET]; he is [like] a shelter, and [as a result] I will never be defeated.

Surely, he, is my rock, and my salvation, My high tower—I shall not be shaken!

7 God is the one who saves me and honors me. He is [like an overhanging] strong rock under which I [can] find shelter [MET].

Upon God, [depend] my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge, are in God.

8 [You my] people, always trust in him. Tell him all your troubles, because he is (our refuge/the one who protects us) [MET].

Trust ye in him all ye assembly of the people, Pour out, before him, your heart, God, is a refuge for us. (Selah)

9 People who are considered to be unimportant are [as worthless/unreliable as] a breath of air; people who are considered to be important [also] really (amount to nothing/cannot be trusted [to help us)]. If you put them all on a scale, [it would be as if] they weighed less than a puff of air.

Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree, —In the balances, they go up, They, are [made] of vanity, altogether.

10 Do not trust in money gained by extorting it from others; do not try to gain anything by robbing others. If you become very wealthy, do not trust in [IDM] your money.

Do not trust in extortion, Nor, with robbery, become vain, As for wealth, when it beareth fruit, Do not set [thereon your] heart.

11 I have heard God say more than once that he is the one who [really] has power,

One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, [there are] which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

12 and that he is the one who faithfully loves [us]. He rewards every one [of us] according to the deeds that we do.

And, thine, O My Lord, is lovingkindness, —For, thou, wilt pay back unto every man—according to his deed.