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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Psalm 46
46
God Is Our Fortress
To the choirmaster. Of #Ps. 42, title the Sons of Korah. According to #1 Chr. 15:20Alamoth.#46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Song.
1God is our #See Ps. 14:6 refuge and strength,
a very #Ps. 145:18; Deut. 4:7 present#46:1 Or well proved help in #Ps. 9:9trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear #[Ps. 18:7] though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into #Ezek. 27:26the heart of the sea,
3though #[Ps. 93:3, 4; Jer. 5:22]its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4There is #Ps. 36:8; 65:9; [Isa. 8:6; 33:21; Rev. 22:1, 2] a river whose streams make glad #Ps. 48:1; 87:3; [Isa. 60:14] the city of God,
the holy #Ps. 43:3; 84:1habitation of the Most High.
5 #
Lev. 26:12; Deut. 23:14; Isa. 12:6; Ezek. 43:7, 9; Hos. 11:9; Joel 2:27; Zeph. 3:15; Zech. 2:5, 10, 11; 8:3 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 #
Ps. 2:1 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he #Ps. 18:13; 68:33; 76:8; Jer. 25:30; Joel 2:11; 3:16; Amos 1:2 utters his voice, the earth #Ex. 15:15; Josh. 2:9, 24; Amos 9:5melts.
7 # ver. 11; 2 Chr. 13:12; 20:17; [Num. 14:9] The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 #
Ps. 66:5
Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 #
Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he #Ps. 76:3; 1 Sam. 2:4 breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
#
Ezek. 39:9
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 # [Ex. 14:13] “Be still, and know that I am God.
#
Isa. 2:11, 17; 33:10 I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 # [See ver. 7 above] The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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