The goal is also to be trained in faithful silence. That’s part of the idea, scholars suggest, behind the term selah. The term functions as a kind of a pause, both in the text and as an invitation to the reader to wait, to listen, to meditate, and to not rush on. Psalm 62:1 says, “My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation” (NASB). Psalm 65:1 adds, “There will be silence before You” (NASB). In such a silence there is a fullness.
