A river — This may design the gracious presence, and blessing of the Lord, which is frequently described under the name of waters. Make glad — Shall not barely preserve it from danger, but give great occasion for rejoicing and thanksgiving. The city — Jerusalem, the place where God's holy tabernacle is settled.
Verse Psalms 46:4. THERE IS _A RIVER, THE STREAMS WHEREOF_] The Chaldee understands the _river_, and its _streams_ or _divisions_, as pointing out various peoples who should be converted to the faith,...
THERE IS A RIVER - There is no allusion here to any particular stream or river, but the image is designed to represent a state of peace and calm security in contrast with the rough and troubled ocean....
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...
RIVER. Hebrew. _nahar._. constantly flowing river (not _nahal,_. summer _wady)_. It flows beneath Zion, filling _En Rogel_ and supplying Siloam. See App-68. STREAMS. channels. Hebrew. _palag._ See not...
In contrast to the tumultuous sea threatening to engulf the solid mountain, is the river, _the streams whereof_make glad _the city of God_. The gently flowing river, fertilising all the land over whic...
The Presence of God the joy and security of His people....
DISCOURSE: 579 THE RIVER OF GOD Psalms 46:4. _There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God._ FREQUENTLY, in the Holy Scriptures, is God compared to a fountain: in conformity...
THERE IS A RIVER, THE STREAMS WHEREOF, &C.— Or, as some render it, _The river by its streams,_ &c. But the version of the Liturgy is nearer the Hebrew: _The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad...
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...
_THERE IS A RIVER, THE STREAMS WHEREOF SHALL MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLES OF THE MOST HIGH._ There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God. Jer...
46:4 habitations (h-18) Or 'tabernacles.' see Psalms 43:3 ....
A RIVER] the river of God's presence and favour: see Psalms 46:5; Isaiah 33:21 cp. Isaiah 8:6. SHALL MAKE GLAD] RV 'make glad.'...
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...
A RIVER... — Heb., _nâhar, i.e.,_ a perennial stream, as distinguished from _nâchal,_ a torrent bed dry except in the rainy season. Plainly, then, the “Cedron” is not here alluded to. But many comment...
_[Psalms 46:5]_ נָהָ֗ר פְּלָגָ֗יו יְשַׂמְּח֥וּ עִיר ־אֱלֹהִ֑ים...
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...
[There is] a (e) river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High. (e) The river of Shiloh, which passed through Jerusalem: meaning, th...
_Feet. The Chanaanites were subdued by Josue, and others by David, &c. The army of Cambyses became a prey to the Jews, Ezechiel xxxix. 10. (Calmet) --- All who embrace the true faith, even kings, beco...
Reader, it is blessed to observe how the scriptures, in various places, open to our view the holy and sacred persons of the Godhead, as the united source of all our mercies. When John saw this river i...
The prophet says expressly, that _the city of God shall be glad, _although it had no raging sea, but only a gently flowing stream, to set for its defense against those waves of which he has made menti...
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....
[THERE] IS A RIVER,.... The allusion is either to the river Kidron, which ran by Jerusalem; or to the waters of Shiloah, which by different courses and branches, ran through the city of Jerusalem, and...
Psalms 46:4 [There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High. Ver. 4. _There is a river, &c._] _Interea civitas Dei,_ amid...
_There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city_ The church, _of God_ Which cheer, refresh, and comfort her, and that at a time when the waters of the sea roar, and foam, and threaten her. H...
There is a river, a mighty stream, rich in water for purposes both of drinking and irrigating, THE STREAMS WHEREOF, the various channels of which, SHALL MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY PLACE OF TH...
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,...
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...
He either speaks of, or at least alludes to, the river of Kidron, 2 SAMUEL 15:23 1 THESSALONIANS 18:1, and its two streams or rivulets flowing from it, Gihon and Shiloah, 2 Chronicles 32:30...
Psalms 46:4 river H5104 streams H6388 glad H8055 (H8762) city H5892 God H430 holy H6918 tabernacle H4908 High...
IN CONTRAST WITH THE RAGING WATERS WHICH SEEK TO SHAKE THEM GOD IS TO BE SEEN AS LIKE A PEACEFUL RIVER MAKING GLAD HIS PEOPLE (PSALMS 46:4). Psalms 46:4 ‘There is a river, the streams whereof make g...
Psalms 46:4 It is probable that we have in this Psalm the devotional echo of the great deliverance of Israel from Assyria in the time of Hezekiah. We may call these verses the hymn of the defence and...
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...
_There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High._ THE CITY AND RIVER OF GOD There are two remarkable events in the history o...
_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 Chronicles 6:6; Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:12; Ecclesiastes 5:8;...