Tehillim (Psalms) 46
46
1Elohim is our refuge and strength, A help in distress, soon found.
2Therefore we do not fear, Though the earth reels And mountains topple into the heart of the seas.
3Let its waters rage, foam; Let mountains shake with its swelling. Selah.
4A river whose streams Make glad the city of Elohim, The set-apart dwelling of the Most High.
5Elohim is in her midst, she does not topple; Elohim does help her when morning turns.
6The nations shall rage, Reigns shall topple; He shall give forth His voice, The earth melts.
7יהוה of hosts is with us; The Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ is our refuge. Selah.
8Come, see the works of יהוה, The ruins He has wrought on the earth,
9Causing all fighting to cease, Unto the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the chariot with fire.
10Be still, and know that I am Elohim; I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth!
11יהוה of hosts is with us; The Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ is our refuge. Selah.
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Psalms 46
46
God, the Protector of Zion
1For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth.#Alamoth: the melody of the Psalm, now lost.
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2God is our refuge and our strength,
an ever-present help in distress.#Ps 48:4; Is 33:2.
3#Figurative ancient Near Eastern language to describe social and political upheavals.Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken
and mountains quake to the depths of the sea,
4Though its waters rage and foam
and mountains totter at its surging.#Ps 93:3–4; Jb 9:5–6; Is 24:18–20; 54:10.
Selah
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5#Jerusalem is not situated on a river. This description derives from mythological descriptions of the divine abode and symbolizes the divine presence as the source of all life (cf. Is 33:21; Ez 47:1–12; Jl 4:18; Zec 14:8; Rev 22:1–2).Streams of the river gladden the city of God,
the holy dwelling of the Most High.#Ps 48:2–3; 76:3.
6God is in its midst; it shall not be shaken;
God will help it at break of day.#Is 7:14.
7Though nations rage and kingdoms totter,
he utters his voice and the earth melts.#Ps 2:1–5; 48:5–8; 76:7–9; Is 17:12–14.
8#The first line of the refrain is similar in structure and meaning to Isaiah’s name for the royal child, Emmanuel, With us is God (Is 7:14; 8:8, 10).The Lord of hosts is with us;
our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Selah
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9Come and see the works of the Lord,
who has done fearsome deeds on earth;#Ps 48:9–10.
10Who stops wars to the ends of the earth,
breaks the bow, splinters the spear,
and burns the shields with fire;#Ps 76:4.
11#Ps 48:11.“Be still and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations,
exalted on the earth.”
12The Lord of hosts is with us;
our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Selah
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