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Psalms 62:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 62:10: Within “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth,” the line “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” supplies one distinct parallel claim, image, address, or response.
Only God is rock, while people try to topple a leaning wall
This verse is one part of that explanation in Psalms 62:1–12. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Psalms 62:1–12
Read Psalms 62:10 with 62:1–12. Read alone, “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 62:1–12, the individual voice carries the movement “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth” as part of “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth.” Its confidence-wisdom form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 62:1–12 opens Psalm 62 with “Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation” and establishes the individual voice and “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 62:10 adds the distinct poetic line “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” within “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth,” where its parallel neighbors determine emphasis and scope.
Follow the Context
- Identify the individual voice, address, and parallel lines in Psalms 62:1–12; do not make every “I”, “we,” king, enemy, or worshiper interchangeable.
- Within Psalms 62:1–12, the individual voice carries the movement “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth” as part of “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth.” Its confidence-wisdom form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
- The call to wait is not enforced silence under abuse, and warnings about wealth do not condemn provision or responsible planning.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Psalms 62:10 does not allow “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” to become an independent promise, command, accusation, doctrine, or authorization. This verse adds the distinct poetic line “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” within “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth,” where its parallel neighbors determine emphasis and scope. The complete movement is “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth.” The call to wait is not enforced silence under abuse, and warnings about wealth do not condemn provision or responsible planning.
What Remains True
In “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth,” Psalm 62:10 adds the distinct poetic line “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” within “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth,” where its parallel neighbors determine emphasis and scope. The resulting truth stays bounded by this movement: Trust can be voiced within danger and delay without becoming a guarantee of immunity or a reason to reject practical care. The local movement is “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth.” The unit's reviewed limit is: The call to wait is not enforced silence under abuse, and warnings about wealth do not condemn provision or responsible planning.
How It Can Shape Life
- Psalm 62:10 contributes to “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth” in a specific way: Psalm 62:10 adds the distinct poetic line “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” within “Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealth,” where its parallel neighbors determine emphasis and scope. Respond by doing this: Hold “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery” as prayerful hope rather than a prediction; take the next safe and truthful action while the outcome remains uncertain.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 62:1–12 — Waiting on God amid status, extortion, and wealthSources used for this Verse Lens
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These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 62:1–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 62:1–12
Open the fixed Hebrew Psalms file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, current official online edition
Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 62:1–12.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 62 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 62:1–12
Open the official NET Psalms notes ↗modern scholarly book course
Psalms course: summary, outline, background, introductory issues, theological themes, and Bible in the world
Fred Gaiser; revised by Nicholas Schaser
Enter the Bible, Luther Seminary, revised May 2024
Supports: Five-book, genre, poetic, historical, theological, liturgical, communal, and reception synthesis with visible limits.
Exact location: Enter the Bible Psalms course, Introductory Issues: genres, parallelism, and forms; Theological Themes: Torah and human response; applied to Psalms 62:1–12
Open the Enter the Bible Psalms course ↗ancient greek text translation and introduction
A New English Translation of the Septuagint: Psalms
Albert Pietersma
International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies; Oxford University Press, 2009
Supports: Ancient Greek wording, numbering, division, and superscription evidence where it materially clarifies translation or reception.
Exact location: NETS Psalms, Pietersma introduction pp. 542–543 and exact Greek translation headed Ps 62 for Psalms 62:1–12
Open NETS Psalms ↗