## Psalms Chapter 62

###### Psalms 62:1
[Psalms 62:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־יְדוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, to Yedutun, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, [to be played] upon the yeduthun, a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 62:2
[Psalms 62:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:2)

אַ֣ךְ אֶל־אֱ֭לֹהִים דּֽוּמִיָּ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My soul waits in silence only for God: from him comes my salvation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only to G d does my soul hope, for my salvation has always been from Him.


###### Psalms 62:3
[Psalms 62:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:3)

אַךְ־ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִישׁוּעָתִ֑י מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י לֹא־אֶמּ֥וֹט רַבָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only He is my Rock and my salvation. He is my Stronghold — I shall not slip greatly [i.e., without rising].


###### Psalms 62:4
[Psalms 62:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:4)

עַד־אָ֤נָה**׀** תְּה֥וֹתְת֣וּ עַל־אִישׁ֮ תְּרָצְּח֢וּ כֻ֫לְּכֶ֥ם כְּקִ֥יר נָט֑וּי גָּ֝דֵ֗ר הַדְּחוּיָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long will you seek to overwhelm a man? You will be all of you demolished like a leaning wall, or a tottering fence.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long will you devise destruction for a man? You would all murder, like an inclined wall, like a tottering fence.


###### Psalms 62:5
[Psalms 62:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:5)

אַ֤ךְ מִשְּׂאֵת֨וֹ**׀** יָ֥עֲצ֣וּ לְהַדִּיחַ֮ יִרְצ֢וּ כָ֫זָ֥ב בְּפִ֥יו יְבָרֵ֑כוּ וּ֝בְקִרְבָּ֗ם יְקַֽלְלוּ־סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They even devise to thrust him down from his majesty: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only [for fear of] his rising [(to power and exacting retribution of them)] do they counsel overthrowing [him], speaking lies — blessing with their mouths and cursing in their innards, always.


###### Psalms 62:6
[Psalms 62:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:6)

אַ֣ךְ לֵ֭אלֹהִים דּ֣וֹמִּי נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּֽי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My soul waits in silence only for God; for my expectation is from him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But my heart trusts to G d, for my salvation [has always come] from Him.


###### Psalms 62:7
[Psalms 62:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:7)

אַךְ־ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִישׁוּעָתִ֑י מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י לֹ֣א אֶמּֽוֹט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He alone is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only He is my Rock and my Salvation. He is my Stronghold — I shall not slip.


###### Psalms 62:8
[Psalms 62:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:8)

עַל־אֱ֭לֹהִים יִשְׁעִ֣י וּכְבוֹדִ֑י צוּר־עֻזִּ֥י מַ֝חְסִ֗י בֵּאלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My salvation and my honor lie with G d. He is the Rock of my strength. My shelter is in G d.


###### Psalms 62:9
[Psalms 62:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:9)

בִּטְח֘וּ־ב֤וֹ בְכׇל־עֵ֨ת**׀** עָ֗ם שִׁפְכֽוּ־לְפָנָ֥יו לְבַבְכֶ֑ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים מַחֲסֶה־לָּ֣נוּ סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Trust in Him at all times. [My] people, spill your hearts out before Him [in prayer]; for He is our shelter eternally.


###### Psalms 62:10
[Psalms 62:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:10)

אַ֤ךְ**׀** הֶ֥בֶל בְּנֵֽי־אָדָם֮ כָּזָ֢ב בְּנֵ֫י־אִ֥ישׁ בְּמֹאזְנַ֥יִם לַעֲל֑וֹת הֵ֝֗מָּה מֵהֶ֥בֶל יָֽחַד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Men of low degree are mere breath, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than air.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But [trust in] man is vain. [Trust] in man is deceitful. If they were put in the scales, they and their vanities would balance.


###### Psalms 62:11
[Psalms 62:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:11)

אַל־תִּבְטְח֣וּ בְעֹשֶׁק֮ וּבְגָזֵ֢ל אַל־תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ חַ֤יִל**׀** כִּֽי־יָנ֑וּב אַל־תָּשִׁ֥יתוּ לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not trust to violence, and do not [trust] vainly to theft. If [their] wealth flourishes, pay it no heed.


###### Psalms 62:12
[Psalms 62:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:12)

אַחַ֤ת**׀** דִּבֶּ֬ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים שְׁתַּֽיִם־ז֥וּ שָׁמָ֑עְתִּי כִּ֥י עֹ֝֗ז לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God has spoken once: twice have I heard this; that power belongs to God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
G d has made one pronouncement [(the second commandment of the Decalogue)], from which [("I visit the iniquity of the fathers, etc.")] I have derived these two things: that strength is with G d [to pay a man according to his deeds (both reward and punishment)]


###### Psalms 62:13
[Psalms 62:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/62:13)

וּלְךָֽ־אֲדֹנָ֥י חָ֑סֶד כִּֽי־אַתָּ֨ה תְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לְאִ֣ישׁ כְּֽמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But love is also Thine, when Thou renderest to every man according to his work.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and [that] with You, O L rd, is lovingkindness; for You pay [i.e., punish] a man as his deed [(his transgression, i.e., You punish part of it and not all of it [viz. Ezra 9:13])].