Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 46:11
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 46:11. _THE LORD OF HOSTS_ IS _WITH US_] Having heard these declarations of God, the people cry out with joy and exultation, The Lord of hosts, the God of armies, is with us; we will not...
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 occurred in...
Psalms 46 The Deliverance and What Follows _ 1. God is our Refuge and Strength (Psalms 46:1)_ 2. His coming in power and glory (Psalms 46:4) 3. What follows His manifestation ...
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 Psalms...
THE GOD OF JACOB. See notes on Psalms 146:5. and compare Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26. SELAH. Connecting...
The refrain with its triumphant chorus of faith and gratitude forms an appropriate conclusion....
An exhortation to reflect upon this marvellous deliverance and learn its lesson....
PSALMS 46 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Trust in God, Joyfully Maintained in Face of Peril, Speedily Rewarded. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 46:1-3, Trust in God held fast in presence of National Troubles that ar...
_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 to Psal...
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, co...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
_[Psalms 46:12]_ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֣ות עִמָּ֑נוּ מִשְׂגָּֽב ־לָ֝נוּ...
Psalms 46:1 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 the bo...
“OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH” Psalms 46:1 The historical origin of this psalm cannot be certainly determined. Probably it was composed when Jerusalem was beleaguered by Sennacherib's hosts, 2 Kings 18:1....
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 a...
PSALM XLVI. (OMNES GENTES PLAUDITE.) The Gentiles are invited to praise God for the establishment of the kingdom of Christ. This psalm appears to be a sequel to the former psalm, and is addressed to...
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 God fo...
Psalms 46. The remnant, now that Messiah has appeared in glory, can celebrate what God is in favor of His people, and with the special knowledge acquired through what He has been for them in trouble....
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 repeated, to c...
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...
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 voices,...
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah. That is the confident Amen of the Christian Church and of every believer, in the trust of a world-conquering faith; for "the kingdo...
6-11 Come and see the effects of desolating judgments, and stand in awe of God. This shows the perfect security of the church, and is an assurance of lasting peace. Let us pray for the speedy approac...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 46:11 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Jacob H3290 refuge H4869 Selah H5542 the God - Psa
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). Psalms 46:8 ‘Come, behold the works of YHWH,...
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, an...
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-six...
CONTENTS: A psalm of holy confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God's people may count themselves safe and make themselves strong in Him in whom there is always help sufficient,...
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 at...
_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. a declaration of what has happened. “Come, behold th...
_The Lord of Hosts is with us._ GOD WITH US The Lord of Hosts--that means the God of power; the God who has all hosts of all sorts at His beck and under His control; the great King whom all created p...
_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 verse...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 46:1. The psalm is a hymn celebrating Zion as the special city. God has pledged himself to her, and through her he will bless the world. The psalm has two stanzas, marked by...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 46:8 Since BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD is plural, readers should imagine God speaking these words to the NATIONS. This will be the means by which he makes wars cease
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 are o...
EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm of consolation. Israel, in great peril (Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:6, Psalms 46:8, Psalms 46:9), co
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea (Psalms 46:1-2);...
Deuteronomy 33:27; Jeremiah 16:19; Psalms 46:1; Psalms 46:7; Psalms