Psalm 62 - Part 2 - A Psalm of David KJV Commentaries by Dennis Edwards
Psalm
62:3 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.
A bowing
wall is one that is ready to collapse because its foundation is not strong
enough to hold up what is constructed above it. The wall begins to bow and it
not reinforced in some way; the whole building can collapse. If we are not
building the house of our lives on the foundation of the rock Christ Jesus, the
chiel cornerstone, when the winds and rains of this life beat upon it, it shall
collapse and be washed away. And great shall be the fall there of.
Psalm
62:4 They only consult to cast him
down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth,
but they curse inwardly. Selah.
In reading
the Epstein files we see how the wicked consult with one another to lie to
someone else in power or with money. They set traps to catch men in order to
control them or extract money. “His words of his mouth were smoother than
butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they
drawn swords,” Psalm 55:21.
In the last
days during the time of the last wars in the Middle East, the leaders of the
two factions, the pro-Israeli faction and the anti-Israeli faction, “shall
speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper,” Daniel 11:27b. Apostle
Paul has warned, 1 Thessalonians 5:3 “For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape. Just before the Iranian war, trump’s
negotiators were speaking with Iran’s negotiators up right until the last
minute. It seems it was all lies.
Psalm
62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon
God; for my expectation is from him.
Again, the
theme is waiting on God in attentive hope and daily obedience, a vigilant
waiting, like a night watchman.
Psalm
62:6-7 He only is my rock and my
salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and
my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Jesus is
the rock that we look to. The Rock of ages who was cleft for each of us. In Him
is eternal life. He is our refuge and fortress. In Him do we trust.
Psalm
62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye
people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
As Apostle
Paul has described in Philippians 4:6-7 “Be careful for nothing (or don’t
be worried); but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
your request be made known unto God. And the peace of God which passes all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
As Solomon
has confessed likewise in 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people, which are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land.” If we seek the Lord in our time of
affliction or distress, He will answer.
Proverbs
14:26 “In the fear of the Lord is
strong confidence: and His children shall have a place of refuge.”
Psalm
62:9-10 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. Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in
robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
In the day
of trouble our money or position of power in the world will not save us.
Ezekiel
7:19a “They shall cast their silver
in the streets, and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of
the wrath of the Lord.” Proverbs 11:4 “Riches profit not in the day of
wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.”
Deuteronomy
8:17-18a “And thou say in your heart, My
power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt
remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that gives thee power to get wealth.”
Psalm
62:11 God has spoken once; twice have
I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
Promotion
comes from the Lord. He sets up some and brings down others.
Psalm
75:6-7 ”For promotion comes neither
from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he
puts down one, and sets up another.” Daniel 2:21b “He removes kings, and
sets up kings.”
Psalm
62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs
mercy: for You render to every man according to his work.
It is not
by works of righteousness that we have done, but it is according to His mercy
that He saves us. However, once we are saved, we should desire to bring forth
fruit in His service, in thanksgiving for all He has done for us.
1 Corinthians 3:8-15
“Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abides which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
2
Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ; that every man receive the things done in his
body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.”
Revelation
2:23b “… and all the churches shall
know that I am He which searches the reins and hearts and I will give unto
every one of you according to your works.”
Even the
unrighteous wicked shall be judged according to their works.
Revelation
20:12b&13b “… and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. …. And
they were judged every man according to their works.
Revelation
22:12&14 “And, behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me, to give every man according to his work shall be. …
Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree
of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
One day He will say to His obedient servants or labourers, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant, … enter thou into the joy of your Lord,” Matthew 25:23ac
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