“He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.”
The affirmation that God is a rock and fortress and that one will not be shaken establishes comprehensive protection against both external threat and internal despair. The rock and fortress imagery suggests both permanence and strength; they cannot be moved or destroyed. The refusal to be greatly shaken indicates a resolve grounded in confidence in God's protection; the psalmist will not yield to fear or despair. This verse provides the theological foundation for the stance of patient waiting articulated in the previous verse.
Church Fathers on Psalms 62:2
1. The title of it is, “Unto the end, in behalf of Idithun, a Psalm to David himself.” I recollect that already to you has been explained what Idithun is....Let us see how far he has leaped over, and whom he has “leaped over,” and in what place, though he has leaped over certain men, he is situate, whence as from a kind of spiritual and secure position he may behold what is below....He being set, I say, in a certain fortified place, does say, “Shall not my soul be subject to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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