Psalms 46:10

I am God. — The introduction of the Divine Protector Himself speaking just before the refrain is a fine touch of art.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be still - The word used here - from רפה râphâh - means properly to cast down; to let fall; to let hang down; then, to be relaxed, slackene...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Be (i) still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (i) He warns them who persecute the Chu...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Be still . Desist; cease your efforts. Hebrew. rapha. exalted. Hebrew. rum, so most frequently rendered.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Be still, and know that I am God The Psalmist seems now to turn his discourse to the enemies of the people of God, who indulge their lust...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Be still, and know that I am God - הרפו harp...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be still, and know, &c.— The Psalmist here represents God as speaking with a majesty becoming him; immediately after which, he congratulates hi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Be still, and know that I am God. His...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Be still ] Desist from your vain efforts: cp. Psalms 4:4 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 Jeh...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Our Refuge and Strength” Psalms 46:1-11 The historical origin of this psalm cannot be certainly determined. Probably it was composed when Jeru...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a blessed verse this is! And what a blessedness would it induce in the minds of the faithful, if they were everlastingly living under the gracio...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be still, and know that I [am] God ,.... These words are thought by some to be spoken by the Lord to the nations of the world, to "cease from war",...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Ver. 10. Be still, and know, &c. ] q...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be still , &c. He speaks, either, 1st, To the Israelites, and commands them henceforth silently and quietly to wait upon him, without fear or di...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he u...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He speaks either, 1. To the Israelites, Be still, i.e. Do you henceforth silently and quietly wait upon me without fear or diffidence. Or rather,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . “ A song upon Alamoth .” Great uncert...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 46:10 The true quietism of the book of Psalms is quietism in the midst of action, quietism which only one who hears the call to act and obe...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 trou...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 seven...
The Biblical Illustrator

Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He hath made in the earth, The desolations of the Lord, the consolations of His saints I....
The Biblical Illustrator

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Stillness and the knowledge of God There...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 he...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 tale...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Be still, desist from making war upon Jehovah's Zion, and know that I am God, the God of the Church, the only true God; I will be exalted among th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:11 ; 1 Kings 18:36 ; 1 Samuel 17:46 ; 2 Kings 19:12 ; Exodus 18:11 ; Ezekiel 38:23 ; Habakkuk 2:20 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:...

¹⁰ Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 46:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 46:10