Psaume 62

Wait quietly for God alone

¹For the music director. According to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. ²I am quiet before God alone; my rescue comes from him. ³Only he is my rock who saves me, my high fortress; I will not be badly shaken. ⁴How long will you all rush at one man to batter him down, as if he were a leaning wall, a fence about to fall?^{a 5}Their only plan is to bring him down from his high place; they love what is false. Their lips speak blessing while inside they curse. Selah ⁶Be still before God alone, my soul, for he is the source of my hope. ⁷Only he is my rock who saves me, my high fortress; I will not be shaken. ⁸On God rest my rescue and my honor; the rock of my strength and my shelter are in God. ⁹People, rely on him in every season; empty your hearts out before him. God is our shelter. Selah ¹⁰Ordinary people are only a breath, and the great are a lie; put on the scales, they rise; all together they weigh less than a breath. ¹¹Do not lean on what you gain by force, or let robbery fill you with empty hopes; if wealth multiplies, do not give your heart to it. ¹²God has spoken one thing, and I have heard it twice over: that strength is God’s, ¹³and to you, Lord, belongs loyal love; for you pay all people back for what they have done.