Sunday, 21 December 2025

PSALM Sixty Two

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
Truly my soul finds rest in God;
    my salvation comes from him.
2
Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I shall never be shaken.
3
How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down –
    this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4
Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.
5
Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
    my hope comes from him.
6
Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I shall not be shaken.
7
My salvation and my honour depend on God;
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8
Trust in him at all times, you people;
    pour out your hearts to him,
    for God is our refuge.
9
Surely the lowborn are but a breath,
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
10
Do not trust in extortion
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.
11
One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
‘Power belongs to you, God,
12
    and with you, Lord, is unfailing love’;
and, ‘You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.’