Psalms 46:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

God is in the midst of her - (Leviticus 26:12; Deuteronomy 23:14.) But this is especially true of the New Testament Church, which is the "habitation of God through the Spirit" (Ephesians 2:22; 2 Corinthians 6:16). And it shall he fully realized at Israel's restoration, when Zion is told to shout for joy, "for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee" (Isaiah 12:6).

She shall not be moved - "though the earth be removed" (Psalms 46:2).

God shall help her, and that right early - Hebrew, 'at the appearing or turning of the morning,' from a Hebrew root to turn one's self for the purpose of coming (Hengstenberg). So Exodus 14:24-27; Psalms 30:5 is exactly parallel - "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning" (Psalms 49:14). Affliction may pass a night with the Lord's people; but with the morning dawn Yahweh (H3068) dislodges it from its resting-place, and gives in its stead abiding salvation. On the previous night the cause of the city of God seemed desperate, and that of the Assyrian invader all but triumphant; but "when they (the Jews) arose early in the morning, behold, they (the Assyrians) were all dead corpses" (Isaiah 37:36); because the angel of the Lord had smitten in the camp of the Assyrians, "an hundred and four score and five thousand" (Isaiah 17:14).

Psalms 46:5

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.