Psalm 62 Bible study: In God alone

Six verses of Psalm 62 begin with the same small Hebrew word, akh (tap alone); in 62:1 it comes right after the title. The WEB gives it three ways: alone in "My soul rests in God alone" (62:1), "He alone is my rock" (62:2), "My soul, wait in silence for God alone" (62:5) and "He alone is my rock and my salvation" (62:6); fully in "They fully intend to throw him down" (62:4); and Surely in "Surely men of low degree are just a breath" (62:9). Brown-Driver-Briggs gives it as "surely", and "with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows"; Strong's, "a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only". No other chapter of the Hebrew Bible has the word as often. Psalm 39 comes next, with four (Psalm 39:5, twice in 39:6, and 39:11).

אַךְakhsay AKH

Brown-Driver-Briggs: "surely", and "with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows". Strong's: "a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only". Psalm 62 has it six times, at the start of 62:1 (after the title), 62:2, 62:4, 62:5, 62:6 and 62:9, and the WEB gives it as alone, fully and Surely. No other chapter of the Hebrew Bible has it as often. In 62:1 and 62:5 it stands before God, akh el-elohim and akh lelohim, and the WEB puts its alone at the end: "in God alone" (62:1), "for God alone" (62:5). Psalm 39 has it four times, where the WEB gives it as Surely each time (Psalm 39:5, twice in 39:6, and 39:11).