“ The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. ”
The Lord of hosts is with us ... - See Psalms 46:7 . This is the conclusion, or the result of the whole. As applied to the invasion of Sennacherib, this would be clearly seen, for all that occur...
XLVI. God the Refuge of His People. The poem is divided into three parts by the word Selah, which also marks its close. It was further divided by the refrain which occurs after Psalms 46:6 and P...
The God of Jacob. See notes on Psalms 146:5 . and compare Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:6 ; Genesis 45:26 . Selah. Connecting Psalms 46 with Psalms 47 and 48, all three referring to the sam...
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. The Lord of hosts is with us - Having heard these declarations of God, the people cry out with joy and exultation, The Lord of...
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. The Lord of hosts is with us ... - repeated from the close of the second strophe ( Psalms 46:7 ), and virtually equivalent...
Psalms 46-48 form a group which we may assign with little doubt to the reign of Hezekiah, when Sennacherib's army was suddenly destroyed ( 2 Kings 19:35 ). They all strike the same note of gratitude,...
Psalms 46:1-11 THERE are two events, one or other of which probably supplies the historical basis of this and the two following psalms. One is Jehoshaphat's deliverance from the combined forces of...
“Our Refuge and Strength” Psalms 46:1-11 The historical origin of this psalm cannot be certainly determined. Probably it was composed when Jerusalem was beleaguered by Sennacherib's hosts, 2 K...
Comment on this great song of confidence seems almost unnecessary so powerfully has it taken hold on the heart of humanity, and so perfectly does it set forth the experience of trusting souls in all...
Blessed conclusion! Jacob's God is our God! God in Christ the sure refuge of his people forever, Amen. Psalms 46:1 REFLECTION S READER! pause and contemplate the happy state of those who have Go...
The Lord of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Psalms 46:7 . The Targum paraphrases it, "the Word of the Lord of hosts", as in Psalms 46:7 ; and the same words are here repeate...
The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. Ver. 11. The Lord of hosts, &c. ] See Psa 46:7 Psa 47:1
Confidence in God. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The L ORD...
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A Call To Consider All God's Mercies And To Recognise That One Day He Will Bring Everlasting Peace And Will Be Exalted Among The Nations ( Psalms 46:8-11 ). Psalms 46:8-9 ‘Come, behold the work...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . “ A song upon Alamoth .” Great uncertainty attaches to the meaning of “Alamoth.” Some a...
Psalms 46:11 "The Lord of hosts." The name speaks of camps and armies. "The God of Jacob." Jacob was a plain man, living in tents; the type speaks of home and quiet pursuits. Put the two together,...
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Song upon Alamoth. This Psalm is often called «Martin Luther's Psalm.» Whenever there was any great trouble, Luther used to say, «Let us sing the forty-si...
Psalms 46:4 . A river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God. This was the Gihon, a very copious fountain on the west of Jerusalem, like St. Winnefrid's well in Wales, or the spring...
God is our refuge and strength. A psalm of war and peace The psalm is divided into three parts, as the Selahs at the end of the third and seventh verses indicate. The first is shorter by one ve...
EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm of consolation. Israel, in great peril ( Psalms 46:1-19 , Psalms 46:6 , Psalms 46:8 , Psalms 46:9 ), consoles herself with the thought of God's might, his protect...
The Church's Comfort and Security. To the chief musician, for use in the Temple-services, for the sons of Korah, composed by a member of this talented family, a song upon Alamoth, for soprano voic...
Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ; Psalms 46:1 ; Psalms 46:7 ; Psalms 48:3
Be still — Stir no more against my people. God — The only true and almighty God; your gods are but dumb and impotent idols. Exalted — I will make myself glorious by my great and wonderful works.