For God Alone My Soul Waits in Silence

Psalm 62 is the psalm of stillness — the special silence of faith. David does not cry out and does not plead: he is quiet. "For God alone my soul waits in silence" — my soul is still and turned only to God. It is not an empty silence but a full one, like a calm child in his father's arms. And all around it is loud — the enemies push him like a leaning wall, blessing with their mouths and cursing within. Yet inside there is stillness. The key word is "only," repeated five times: only God.

The heading "upon Jeduthun" hands the song to Jeduthun, one of the chief singers of the Temple. Part 1 is a circle: from stillness (verses 2-3), through threat and hypocrisy (4-5), and back to stillness (6-7) — but this time David commands his soul: "Be still, my soul." A small wonder: verse 3 says "I shall not be greatly moved"; verse 7 keeps only "I shall not be moved." Faith grows within the psalm itself. The melody, in a calm flowing Andalusian style, gives this stillness a voice.

The central verse of this part, chosen as the title of the song, is:

"For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation."

"Alone" means only, truly; "waits in silence" is a quiet of trust and expectation — not the silence of despair, but of one who knows he is in good hands. The soul does not need to shout, because it knows exactly where salvation comes from.

This song is part of the larger journey of the project: with God's help, to compose and sing the entire Book of Psalms in a diverse, emotional, Jewish, and uplifting musical language.