Psalm 62 Worksheet

There are 3Psalms that are to Juduthun – 39, 62, and 77 – one in each of the first 3 ofthe 5 books of the Psalms. Jeduthun’s name means “_____________________,” andhe was one of David’s first praise leaders, leading one of the 3 main sectionsof musicians.

The maintheme of Psalm 62 is ________________________ in God.

The 2Selah’s help outline the Psalm neatly into three 4 verse sections.

God keepsme _______________________ when others want to topple me V. 1-4

What 3things does David say God is for him in verse 2?

What kind ofposition does David describe himself in in verse 4?

In contrastto the strong tower of refuge that God is for David, the things his enemies arerelying on are ‘leaning walls,’ ‘tottering fences’ that easily ______________________over.

Whatindications do we have in verse 4 that some of these people who would do Davidharm have been close to him before?

God willkeep you who ___________________ Him from falling over also V. 5-8

Verses 1-2are almost identical with verses 5-6.

When youpray, do you have a sense of _________________________ of what God is going todo in your life?

Like Davidlet’s ______________________ what God is to us!

David callsthe nation to have the same kind of trust in God that he had, and to be inconstant prayer to the God their _________________________ come from.

The ___________________of trusting in anyone but God V. 9-12

In verse 9David brings to mind a scales you weigh things on. We are more impressed bypeople the world calls “somebodies” than by people the world calls “nobodies.”But neither has the substance to _______________________ the scales whencompared to God.

David hasalready said God is our Glory! The root word for Glory is the same root wordfor ______________. Compared to people, God has REAL substance, real weight,real glory!

Wickedpeople making wicked decisions will relatively quickly lead to ___________________of eternal significance – stick with God.

Note theonce-twice device David uses in verse 11. This is a memory device in Hebrew.Two-Three occurs in Dt. 17:6; Three-Four occurs in Proverbs & Amos;Six-Seven occurs in Prov. 6:16.

Davidemphasizes 2 key truths about God they can trust in and build their livesaround: his power and His mercy.

Notice thePsalm doesn’t end there, though – it ends with a helpful reminder that we willeach render an _____________________ to God for how we have lived – so live bytrust in God, not by compromises made with the world.