Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 46:2
Though — Though there should be nothing but confusion, and desolations round about us: which are often expressed by such metaphors.
Though — Though there should be nothing but confusion, and desolations round about us: which are often expressed by such metaphors.
Verse Psalms 46:2. _THEREFORE WILL NOT WE FEAR_] Let what commotions will take place in the earth, we will trust in the all-powerful arm of God. Probably the _earthquake_ referred to, here means _poli...
THEREFORE WILL NOT WE FEAR - Our confidence in God shall be unshaken and abiding. Having Him for our refuge and strength Psalms 46:1, we can have nothing to fear. Compare Psalms 56:3. THOUGH THE EARTH...
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...
BE REMOVED. quake. Same as "moved", Psalms 46:6. CARRIED. moved. MIDST. Hebrew heart. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). App-6....
Secure under His protection God's people have nothing to fear, even though the solid earth were convulsed, and rent asunder....
Therefore will we not fear, though earth should change, And the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas. Cp. Horace's description of the dauntlessness of the just man (_Odes_iii. 3. 7), Si fr...
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...
_THEREFORE WILL NOT WE FEAR, THOUGH THE EARTH BE REMOVED, AND THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS BE CARRIED INTO THE MIDST OF THE SEA;_ Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed - literally, 'in the...
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...
THOUGH THE EARTH BE REMOVED. — Literally, _at the changing of the earth._ Possibly with the same figure implied, which is expressed, Psalms 102:26, of the worn-out or soiled vesture. The psalmist was...
_[Psalms 46:3]_ עַל ־כֵּ֣ן לֹא ־נִ֭ירָא בְּ...
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...
Therefore will not we (c) fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (c) That is, we will not be overcome with fear....
That blessed scripture in which Jehovah saith by his servant the prophet, that he hath laid in Zion for a foundation, a tried stone, serves to explain the nature of what this verse saith concerning Go...
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....
THEREFORE WILL NOT WE FEAR,...., The consideration of the Lord's being the refuge, strength, and help of his people, in all times of trouble and distress, has a great influence on their faith and conf...
_Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;_ Ver. 2. _Therefore will we not fear, though the earth, &c._] No, not in the g...
_Therefore will not we fear_ They that, with a holy reverence, fear God, need not, with any amazement, be afraid of any power of earth or hell. _If God be for us, who can be against us?_ It is our dut...
Therefore, because God is our great and invincible Champion, WILL NOT WE FEAR, though ever inclined to do so on account of the smallness of our faith, THOUGH THE EARTH BE REMOVED, be changed entirely,...
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,...
MIDST OF THE SEA: _ Heb._ heart of the seas...
1-5 This psalm encourages to hope and trust in God; in his power and providence, and his gracious presence with his church in the worst of times. We may apply it to spiritual enemies, and the encoura...
Though there should be nothing but shakings, and confusions, and desolations in all the nations round about us; which are oft expressed by such metaphors, as JEREMIAH 51:25 HAGGAI 2:21,22 REV 6:14....
Psalms 46:2 fear H3372 (H8799) earth H776 removed H4171 (H8687) mountains H2022 carried H4131 (H8800) midst...
GOD'S PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE IS IN HIM EVEN IN THE FACE OF RAGING WATERS (PSALMS 46:1). Psalms 46:1 ‘God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.' The Psalmist commences with an exp...
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...
_Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed._ DELIVERANCE FROM FEAR Charles Wesley preached from this text, I think, in City Road, in the year of the London earthquake. People fled terro...
_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...
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);...
2 Peter 3:10; Genesis 7:11; Genesis 7:12; Hebrews 13:6; Luke 21:25;...