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Epiphany Season · Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A

Psalm 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9

For God Alone My Soul Waits in Silence: My Rock and My Salvation

March 1, 2026

The Watzmann (Der Watzmann), Caspar David Friedrich
The Watzmann (Der Watzmann), Caspar David Friedrich, 1824–1825Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
A Bavarian peak painted from other artists' studies, since Friedrich never went there: bare rock in the foreground rising to ice.For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.Caspar David FriedrichThe German Romantic who painted figures with their backs to us looking at something, and made that the subject.Alte Nationalgalerie, BerlinOn Museum Island, holding nineteenth-century art, and the single best place to see Caspar David Friedrich.Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Roman Lectionary
GospelMatt. 6:24-34Mt 6:24-34
Second Reading1 Cor. 4:1-51 Cor 4:1-5
First ReadingIsa. 49:14-15Is 49:14-15
Responsorial PsalmPs. 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9

Overview & Insights

"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him." (Psalm 62:8)

David repeats his refrain that God alone, not schemes or wealth, is his rock and refuge, first as a personal confession and then as a call to the whole congregation. The psalm goes on to weigh human beings, of low estate or high, as lighter than a breath on the scales.

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Commentary

Psalm 62 CommentaryPs 62 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse reading of David's confidence in God alone as rock and salvation.

Psalm 62:5-12 CommentaryPs 62:5-12 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on the psalm's call to trust God at all times, covering verses 6-9 of this reading.

Psalm 62 - Barnes' NotesPs 62 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight

Barnes' Notes verse by verse on waiting for God in silence and pouring out the heart before him.

Psalm 62:1 CommentariesPs 62:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentary on the psalmist's rest found in God alone.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 62Ps 62 Sefaria

Hebrew text alongside English for David's psalm of quiet trust in God as rock and refuge.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 62Ps 62 Catena

Verse-by-verse comment from the Fathers on Psalm 62.

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