Psalm 62:11
New International Version
One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,

New Living Translation
God has spoken plainly, and I have heard it many times: Power, O God, belongs to you;

English Standard Version
Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,

Berean Standard Bible
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

King James Bible
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

New King James Version
God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.

New American Standard Bible
God has spoken once; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God;

NASB 1995
Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God;

NASB 1977
Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God;

Legacy Standard Bible
Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That strength belongs to God;

Amplified Bible
God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.

Christian Standard Bible
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,

American Standard Version
God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For God said this once, and twice I have heard these things: "For strength is of God."

Brenton Septuagint Translation
God has spoken once, and I have heard these two things, that power is of God;

Contemporary English Version
I heard God say two things: "I am powerful,

Douay-Rheims Bible
God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,

English Revised Version
God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God has spoken once. I have heard it [said] twice: "Power belongs to God.

Good News Translation
More than once I have heard God say that power belongs to him

International Standard Version
God spoke once, but I heard it twice, "Power belongs to God."

JPS Tanakh 1917
God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this: That strength belongeth unto God;

Literal Standard Version
Once has God spoken, twice I heard this, | That “strength [is] with God.”

Majority Standard Bible
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

New American Bible
One thing God has said; two things I have heard: Strength belongs to God;

NET Bible
God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,

New Revised Standard Version
Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,

New Heart English Bible
God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

Webster's Bible Translation
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth to God.

World English Bible
God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

Young's Literal Translation
Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That 'strength is with God.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Waiting on God
10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. 11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God, 12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.…

Cross References
Revelation 19:1
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

Job 33:14
For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

Job 40:5
I have spoken once, but I have no answer--twice, but I have nothing to add."

Psalm 59:17
To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

Daniel 2:37
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.


Treasury of Scripture

God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs to God.

spoken

Job 33:14
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Job 40:5
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

power.

Psalm 68:34,35
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds…

Isaiah 26:4
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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Psalm 62
1. David, professing his confidence in God, discourages his enemies
5. In the same confidence he encourages the godly
9. No trust is to be put in worldly things
11. Power and mercy belong to God














(11) Once; twice.--The usual Hebrew mode of emphasising a numerical statement, and one growing naturally out of the structure of the verse, which loves a climax. (Comp. Proverbs 6:16-19.) The union of power and love is proved to the poet by the fairness and justice mentioned in the last clause.

Verse 11. - God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this (comp. Job 33:14). When a thing is spoken twice, then assurance is made doubly sure. That power belongeth unto God. God, i.e., is the only ultimate Source of all power.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
God
אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has spoken
דִּבֶּ֬ר (dib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

once;
אַחַ֤ת ׀ (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

I have heard
שָׁמָ֑עְתִּי (šā·mā·‘ə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

this
ז֥וּ (zū)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 2098: This, which, who

twice:
שְׁתַּֽיִם־ (šə·ta·yim-)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

that power
עֹ֝֗ז (‘ōz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might

belongs to God,
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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