Psalm 62

This psalm may have come out of David’s time of trial when his son Absalom sought the throne (vv. 3-4), but it also may have been written while David was ruling over Judah in Hebron (2 Sam. 1–4). Those were difficult years as the forces of Saul tried to continue his dynasty and dethrone God’s anointed king. (For “Jeduthun,” see Ps. 39; and note how the two psalms parallel each other in a number of ways.) In this psalm, David shows remarkable faith as he rests in God alone (vv. 1, 2, 5, 6) and trusts Him to defeat the enemy and restore peace to the land. Three powerful truths emerge from his experience.