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I will never be shaken.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>How long will you threaten a man?</p><p class="poem">Will all of you attack<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.62.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">as if he were a leaning wall</p><p class="poem">or a tottering fence?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They only plan to bring him down</p><p class="poem">from his high position.</p><p class="poem">They take pleasure in lying;</p><p class="poem">they bless with their mouths,</p><p class="poem">but they curse inwardly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Rest in God alone, my soul,</p><p class="poem">for my hope comes from him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He alone is my rock and my salvation,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">my stronghold; I will not be shaken.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.</p><p class="poem">My refuge is in God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Trust in him at all times, you people;</p><p class="poem">pour out your hearts before him.</p><p class="poem">God is our refuge.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Common people are only a vapor;</p><p class="poem">important people, an illusion.</p><p class="poem">Together on a scale,</p><p class="poem">they weigh less than<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.62.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> a vapor.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Place no trust in oppression</p><p class="poem">or false hope in robbery.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">If wealth increases,</p><p class="poem">don’t set your heart on it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God has spoken once;</p><p class="poem">I have heard this twice:</p><p class="poem">strength belongs to God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.62.12" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/62-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and faithful love belongs to you, Lord.</p><p class="poem">For you repay each according to his works.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.62.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.62" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.62.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.3">62:3</a></span> Some Hb mss read <span class="italic">you be struck down</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.62.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.9">62:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">they go up more than</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.62" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.62">62:title</a></span> Ps 39 title</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.1">62:1</a></span> Ps 33:20; 37:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.1">62:1-2</a></span> Dt 32:15; 2Sm 22:47</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.2">62:2</a></span> Ps 37:24; 55:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.3">62:3</a></span> Is 30:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.4">62:4</a></span> Ps 4:2; 55:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.5">62:5</a></span> Ps 71:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.6">62:6</a></span> Ps 89:26; 95:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.6">62:6</a></span> Ps 16:8; 21:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.7">62:7</a></span> Ps 18:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.8">62:8</a></span> Ps 91:2; 118:8–9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.9">62:9</a></span> Ps 39:5–6,11; Ec 1:2; Is 40:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.10">62:10</a></span> Pr 22:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.10">62:10</a></span> Jb 31:24–25; Pr 11:28; Mk 4:19; 1Tm 6:10,17–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.11">62:11</a></span> Jb 40:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.62.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.62.12">62:12</a></span> Mt 16:27; Rm 2:6; Rv 22:12</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.62" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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