Psalm 62:1 English Standard Version

My Soul Waits for God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

We know what Beethoven’s Fifth means. But what did “according to Jeduthun” mean?

Beethoven wrote nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, an opera, and choral music, as well as many other works for soloists and orchestra, solo instruments, and chamber ensembles and yet when we say his fifth, we automatically know it is a symphony because that is how it is so often referred.

“According to Jeduthun” had a relevant meaning to the people performing Psalm 62 even more so than to those who were listening. That means nothing to me today but the instruction is found in our bible.

What does it mean to you to hear “according to Martin Luther”? History tells us because we studied that history. We do not all study the same histories. That name means nothing to some people. The same could be said for “according to Karl Marx” or “according to Plato”, because they were not in our studies.

The same is true of my most famous study “according to the Word”.

Who teaches “the Word”?

Once again, some have no idea who I am talking about.

Deuteronomy 13:4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.

At the time these words were recorded God only spoke face to face with Moses.

Numbers 12:2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.

Aaron and Miriam spoke out against Moses because of the woman he took to wife. This displeased the Lord.

⁶ And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. ⁷ Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. ⁸ With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” ⁹ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed. Numbers 12

God struck down Miriam with Leprosy but not Aaron. Aaron pleaded with Moses as a priest, Moses interceded with the Lord and Miriam was healed.

Aaron is a typos of the priesthood, Moses is a typos of Christ.

Now we are living in the times of the Lord’s Kingdom, a time of false prophets and false Christ. What is different is because of the work of the Cross we can by faith have access to God’s will directly via the Holy Spirit who is God in us.