IV.
The Psalm begins by calling us to silence – twice.
And ends by telling us “God has spoken.”
What do you hear?
V.
Psalm 62 (NRSVue)
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. SelahFor God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
On God rests my deliverance and my honor;
my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. SelahThose of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their work.
VI.
In the claims about God, what strikes you with the most force?
The description of God as a rock and fortress?
Or, that “steadfast love belongs to” God?
Or, that we are called to “trust in [God] at all times”?
Where does this Psalm take you?
charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}