Psalms 62 · Verse 8

Psalms 62:8

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms 62:8, King James Version

Psalms 62:8 in other translations

BSBTrust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
WEBTrust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
ASVTrust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. [Selah
YLTTrust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God is a refuge for us. Selah.
DARBYConfide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him:God is our refuge. Selah.
BBEHave faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
WebsterTrust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

What does Psalms 62:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. pour out your heart--give full expression to feeling (1Sa 1:15; Job 30:16; Psa 42:4). ye people--God's people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Trust in him - ye people - All ye who are faithful to your king, continue to trust in God. The usurper will soon be cast down, and your rightful sovereign restored to his government. Fear not the threatenings of my enemies, for God will be a refuge for us.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 62:8-12
Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us. the good counsel given is, to trust wholly in God. We must so trust in him at all times, as not at any time to put that trust in ourselves, or in any creature, which is to be put in him only. Trust in him to guide us when in doubt, to protect us when in danger, to supply us when in want, to strengthen us for every good word and work. We must lay out wants and our wishes before him, and then patiently submit our wills to his: this is pouring out our hearts. God is a refuge for all, even for as many as will take shelter in him. The psalmist warns against trusting in men. The multitude, those of low degree, are changeable as the wind. The rich and noble seem to have much in their power, and lavish promises; but those that depend on them, are disappointed. Weighed in the balance of Scripture, all that man can do to make us happy is lighter than vanity itself. It is hard to have riches, and not to trust in them if they increase, though by lawful and honest means; but we must take heed, lest we set our affections unduly upon them. A smiling world is the most likely to draw the heart from God, on whom alone it should be set. The consistent believer receives all from God as a trust; and he seeks to use it to his glory, as a steward who must render an account. God hath spoken as it were once for all, that power belongs to him alone. He can punish and destroy. Mercy also belongs to him; and his recompensing the imperfect services of those that believe in him, blotting out their transgressions for the Redeemer's sake, is a proof of abundant mercy, and encourages us to trust in him. Let us trust in his mercy and grace, and abound in his work, expecting mercies from him alone.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 62:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּטְח֘וּbit.ChutrustH982
ב֤וֹvoin <the> him
בְכָל\־ve.khol-at everyH3605
עֵ֨ת\׀'ettimeH6256
עָ֗ם'AmO peopleH5971
שִׁפְכֽוּ\־shif.khu-pour outH8210
לְפָנָ֥יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440
לְבַבְכֶ֑םle.vav.Khemheart yourH3824
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
מַחֲסֶה\־ma.cha.seh-[is] a refugeH4268
לָּ֣נוּLa.nuof us
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 62:8

  • Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

  • Isaiah 26:4

    Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

  • Lamentations 2:19

    Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

  • Psalms 142:2

    I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

  • 1 Samuel 1:15

    And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

  • Psalms 18:2

    The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Psalms 42:4

    When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

  • Psalms 22:4-5

    Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

  • Isaiah 26:16

    Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  • Job 13:15

    Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • Psalms 102:1

    A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Trust.
22:4,5; 34:1,2; 47:1-3; Job 13:15; Isa 26:4; 50:10; 1Jo 2:28
pour.
42:4; 102:1; *title
142:2; 1Sa 1:15; Isa 26:16; La 2:19; Php 4:6
God.
18:2; 46:11; Pr 14:26; Heb 6:18

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Context

  • Psalms 62:7

    In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

  • Psalms 62:8

    Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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Psalms 62:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Esperad en él en todo tiempo, oh pueblos; derramad delante de él vuestro corazón: Dios es nuestro amparo. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sur Dieu reposent mon salut et ma gloire; le rocher de ma force, mon refuge, est en Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Vertrauet auf ihn allezeit, o Volk! schüttet vor ihm aus euer Herz! Gott ist unsere Zuflucht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quia fuisti adjutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.