Psalms 62:6

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

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מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י

misgâb

H4869

“Misgab · my”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular

Appears 17× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Samuel 22:3

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7682

TWOT: 2234a

Misgab = "height" - high place, refuge, secure height, retreat (noun masculine) - stronghold - refuge (of God) - a place in Moab (noun proper locative)

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

7: words
7: distinct lemmas
Wisdom: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י Misgab H4869 — appearing just 17 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י Misgab H4869 occurs in 16 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

1 verb
3 nouns
1 pronoun
2 particles

Verb forms

אֶמּֽוֹט Niphal · Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 7 Hebrew tokens and 13 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Psalms 62:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-- I will never be greatly shaken.
Psalms 112:6 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
Psalms 16:8 I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Proverbs 10:30 The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.
Psalms 18:31–32 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
Isaiah 45:17 [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.
Proverbs 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.
Hosea 1:7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen."

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

You’re reading Greek Psalm 61 (Hebrew Psalm 62). The Septuagint counts the superscription, so verse numbers can differ from the Hebrew — chapter-level alignment, not verse-by-verse. Numbering follows Rahlfs.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Psalms 62:6 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

אַךְ ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִֽישׁוּעָתִ֑י מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י לֹ֣א אֶמּֽוֹט

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Greek Psalm 61:6 Septuagint · lemma form

πλήν ὁ θεός ὑποτάσσω ὁ ψυχή ἐγώ ὅτι παρά αὐτός ὁ ὑπομονή ἐγώ

For he is my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Psalms 62:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Psa 62:6 He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.

Ver. 6. He only is, &c.] Versus amoibaeus. See Psa 62:2.

I shall not be moved] Before it was, I shall not be greatly moved; now upon further exercise of his trust, it is, I shall not be moved. Ita in lucta crescit lux fidei, et tides firmior; faith is made stronger by trials.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Treasury of David

Charles H. Spurgeon

Ver. 6. He only is my rock and my salvation. Alone, and without other help, God is the foundation and completion of my safety. We cannot too often hear the toll of that great bell only; let it ring the death knell of all carnal reliances, and lead us to cast ourselves on the bare arm of God.

He is my defence. Not my defender only, but my actual protection. I am secure, because he is faithful.

I shall not be moved --not even in the least degree. See how his confidence grows. In the second verse an adverb qualified his quiet; here, however, it is absolute; he altogether defies the rage of his adversaries, he will not stir an inch, nor be made to fear even in the smallest degree. A living faith grows; experience develops the spiritual muscles of the saint, and gives a manly force which our religious childhood has not yet reached.

Ver. 6-7. Twice in this Psalm hath he repeated this, in the second and in the sixth verses, He is my rock and my salvation, and my defence, and (as it is enlarged in the seventh verse) my refuge and my glory. If my defence, what temptation shall wound me? If my rock, what storm shall shake me? If my salvation, what melancholy shall defeat me? If my glory, what calumny shall defame me? John Dunne.

Ver. 6-7. How quickly the soul of the faithful returns again to the God of its confidence. He spared a moment to admonish the ungodly, but like the dove of Noah he returns to the ark. Observe how the expressions of this holy confidence are repeated, with every pleasing variety of expression, to denote the comfort of his heart. Reader, ask yourself--are such views of Christ your views of him? Do you know him in those covenant characters? Is Jesus your rock, your salvation, your defence? Robert Hawker, D.D.

Ver. 6-7. See Psalms on "Ps 62:6" for further information.

Ver. 6-7. See Psalms on "Ps 62:6" for further information.

Charles H. Spurgeon's The Treasury of David (1869–1885) — public domain. Psalms only. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

J. A. Alexander on Psalms

Joseph Addison Alexander

7. (Psa 62:6). Only he is my rock (the foundation of my hope) and my salvation (i.e. its source and author)—my high place (refuge or asylum) —I shall not be moved (or shaken). This more absolute expression, as compared with Psa 62:2, seems to indicate a stronger faith, derived from the previous comparison of God and man as objects of trust and affection.

Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

not be moved--not at all; his confidence has increased.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

6. my defence] My high tower, as in Psa_62:2.

I shall not be moved] Perhaps the omission of ‘greatly’ (Psa_62:2) marks a growing faith.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

He only is my rock and my salvation,.... See Gill on Psa 62:2;

he is my defence; these epithets of God are repeated, to strengthen his faith and hope in him, and to encourage a patient waiting upon him;

I shall not be moved; neither greatly, nor at all; his faith gets fresh strength and rigour, the more he considers God as his rock, salvation, defence, and refuge; See Gill on Psa 62:2.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He only is my rock ... - See the notes at Psa 62:2. The only difference between this verse and Psa 62:2 is, that in this verse the word “greatly” is omitted. The psalmist declares here in the most absolute manner, that he shall not be “moved” at all. In Psa 62:2, he said that he would not be “greatly moved;” his mind would not be much or materially disturbed. The language here indicates more entire confidence - more certain conviction - showing that the slight apprehension or fear which existed in the beginning of the psalm, had been wholly dissipated, and that his mind had become perfectly calm.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

6. A repetition of Psa_62:2. In this and Psa_62:7 he expresses in various forms, and the strongest imagery, his sole trust and perfect security in God. This is characteristic of the psalms written on this occasion. See Psa_4:3-5; Psa_5:5-8; Psa_62:3-7

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

He only is my Rock and my Salvation; he is my Defence; I shall not be moved. Identical with ver. 2, except in the omission of the single word "greatly." The psalmist"s confidence has increased. He feels now that, whatever his enemies may attempt, he will not be shaken at all.

Steadfastness.

"I shall not be moved." We are susceptible to influence. We may be "moved." The word here is not a boast, but an expression of confidence in God. Peter said, in effect, "I shall not be moved," and he was put to shame. (Mar_14:29, 30) But if we trust in God, then our strength will not fail. We shall stand "steadfast and immovable" in the surges of the waves and the violence of the storm. There is the

I CONSCIOUSNESS OF RIGHTNESS.

II THE SENSE OF BEING BACKED BY THE POWER OF GOD.

III THE OVERMASTERING FORCE OF LOVE.

IV THE EXULTING PROSPECT OF FINAL VICTORY. Paul said, "None of these things move me". (Act_20:24) So all strong in the love of God and in the confidence that right must triumph in the end, will suffer rather than sin, and die rather than be false to Christ. W.F. (Heb_12:1, Heb_12:2)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Psalms, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 7 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is misgâb (“Misgab”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Misgab” (misgâb) contribute to the verse as a whole?
2 Samuel 22:3 shares the word «Misgab» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
The verb «אֶמּֽוֹט» is Niphal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Treasury of David read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 7 Hebrew ↔ 13 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.