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They devise plots to dislodge me
    from my place on high[a]
    and delight in spreading lies about me.
They bless with their lips,
    but they curse in their hearts. Selah
In God alone be at rest,[b] O my soul;
    it is from him that my hope comes.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress, so that I stand unshaken.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 62:5 Place on high: either a throne in the case of David or a place of safety such as a fortress on a cliff in the case of another psalmist. Hearts: see note on Ps 4:8.
  2. Psalm 62:6 Be at rest: see Pss 27:13f; 42:6, 12; 43:5.