Bible Strands
Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist, having just declared God as his personal refuge (v. 7), turns to address the whole people with a communal command.
The words — בִּטְח֘וּ (bitchu) is the plural imperative of בטח, "be firm, secure," a command to stand steady; שִׁפְכֽוּ (shifkhu) is the plural imperative of שפך, "spill out," a physical image of liquid released without control.
The thread — Isaiah 26:4 pairs the same trust with the same rock imagery; Lamentations 2:19 uses the same "pour out" language in a cry of distress; Philippians 4:6 turns the command into a practice of prayer and petition.
Why it lands — It demands trust that is not contingent on circumstances ("at all times") and it asks the reader to stop holding back what is inside. The verse does not promise comfort in return; it simply says God is the place to be firm and the place to spill.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Cross-references
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- Psalms 142:2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 1 Samuel 1:15 “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 42:4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
- Psalms 22:4 In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- Isaiah 26:16 O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Hebrews 6:18 Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.