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NOTES for Psa 62:4-5

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4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
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In order to say the word "I," one must first of all exist, be alive. My life is everything I have, and everything I meet becomes part of my life. Therefore life is the natural standard with which I compare everything else; life is the ultimate value for me. If there is no life, there is no me. When a person cries within himself, "I do not want to live anymore," behind this stands "I do not want to live LIKE THIS anymore," and not a conscious refusal of existence. But now the psalmist discovers for himself something greater and better than life itself: God's mercy. This mercy is the source of human life; it is also what fills life with meaning and beauty; it is also the foundation for hope that life will not end with death. When we place our life in its proper place in the system of values, after God, "I will bless You in my life," then we truly receive it.

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For Psa 62:1-11
1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
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Life without God resembles a parched desert. The desert where many of the events described in the Bible took place and...  Read more

Life without God resembles a parched desert. The desert where many of the events described in the Bible took place and where the words of the psalm were composed vividly conveys what happens in the soul of a person cut off from the Source of life and the Giver of living water. Not only the soul but also the flesh languishes in one who is cut off from true being. This is not merely a poetic image, but an expression of the important biblical truth about the significance of our bodies and the proper way to treat them. Our bodies were not given to us by the Creator by accident; they are not the prison of the soul, and in our bodies we too can glorify Him.

For the psalmist, the Lord's mercy is more precious than life. To some, these words may seem like a beautiful phrase, a rhetorical device detached from reality. Yet the bitter experience of many generations has shown time and again that life apart from the Lord becomes a slow dying.

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