Passage

Psalms 62.1

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. ^{For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him cometh my salvation."

"2. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved. 3. How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?" (Psalms 62:1-3, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him."

"2. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, I will never be greatly shaken. 3. How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?" (Psalms 62:1-3, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. ^{Truly: or, Only} ^{waiteth: Heb. is silent}"

"2. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. ^{defence: Heb. high place} 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." (Psalms 62:1-3, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. To the Overseer, for Jeduthun., A Psalm of David. Only, toward God [is] my soul silent, From Him [is] my salvation."

"2. Only, He [is] my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved. 3. Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down." (Psalms 62:1-3, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H3444 - yeshuah

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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