Mazmur 62:1-2

Psalm 62 ¹ 

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.

62:1 For God alone I patiently wait; ² 

he is the one who delivers me. ³ 

62:2 He alone is my protector ⁴  and deliverer.

He is my refuge; ⁵  I will not be upended. ⁶ 

1 Timotius 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ⁷  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ⁸  when the elders laid hands on you. ⁹ 

1 Timotius 1:12

1:12 I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

[62:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 62. The psalmist expresses his unwavering confidence in God’s justice and in his ability to protect his people.

[62:1]  ² tn Heb “only for God [is] there silence [to] my soul.”

[62:1]  ³ tn Heb “from him [is] my deliverance.”

[62:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”

[62:2]  ⁵ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

[62:2]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds רַבָּה (rabbah, “greatly”) at the end of the line. It is unusual for this adverb to follow a negated verb. Some see this as qualifying the assertion to some degree, but this would water down the affirmation too much (see v. 6b, where the adverb is omitted). If the adverb has a qualifying function, it would suggest that the psalmist might be upended, though not severely. This is inconsistent with the confident mood of the psalm. The adverb probably has an emphatic force here, “I will not be greatly upended” meaning “I will not be annihilated.”

[4:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “in you.”

[4:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “which was given to you through prophecy.” Here as in 2:15 the preposition “through” denotes not “means” but accompanying circumstances: “accompanied by prophecy.”

[4:14]  sn These prophetic words perhaps spoke of what God would do through Timothy in his ministry (cf. 1 Tim 1:18).

[4:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).