Meaning, commentary and cross references
Psalms 62:8
“Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah”In other translations
KJV · King James Version
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
NIV · New International Version
Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
WEB · World English Bible
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
What does Psalms 62:8 mean?
John Gill · Exposition of the Entire Bible, on Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times, ye people,.... Of the house of Israel, as the Targum; or of God, as Aben Ezra; all that are Israelites indeed, and are the Lord's covenant people; these are exhorted and encouraged to trust in him; not in a creature, nor in any outward thing, in riches, wisdom, strength, birth, privileges, the law, and the works of it; in their own righteousness, in their hearts, in themselves or in others; but in the Lord only, both for temporal and spiritual blessings: the Targum is, "in his Word"; his essential Word, by whom the world was made, and who, in the fulness of time, was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and who is a proper object of trust; in him should the people of…
John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746–63). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Matthew Henry · Commentary on the Whole Bible, on Psalms 62:8–12
(2.) To converse with God: Pour out your heart before him. The expression seems to allude to the pouring out of the drink-offerings before the Lord. When we make a penitent confession of sin our hearts are therein poured out before God, Sa1 7:6.
Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706–21; Romans–Revelation completed by Nonconformist ministers). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
John Calvin · Commentaries, on Psalms 62:7–10
Hope in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is our hope. Selah. 9. Nevertheless, the sons of Adam are vanity, and the children of men [416] a lie [417] when they ascend in the scales, they are found together lighter than vanity. [418] 10. Trust not in oppression and robbery, and be not vain: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 7.
John Calvin, Commentaries (Calvin Translation Society English text). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Context: Psalms 62:5–11 (WEB)
5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. 6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. 7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. 10Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them. 11God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Cross references
- Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.
- Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
- Psalms 142:2
- 1 Samuel 1:15
Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD.
- Psalms 18:2
- Psalms 42:4
- Psalms 22:4–5