Psalms 46:1 «To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. » God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. _Upon Alamoth_] _i.e._ Upon the Virginals. Virgins with their shrill treble tune, 1 Chronicles 15:20, used (belike) to sing this triumphant psalm, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 greatest concussions of states and revolutions in nature. Earthquakes are very dreadful, and lay whol... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Psalms 46:3 _[Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah._ Ver. 3. _Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled_] Heb. Be mudded; yet we will not fear, viz. with base distrustful fear, _Ut omnes procellae horribili cum boa... [ Continue Reading ]
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,_ amidst all these garboils and hurly-burlies abroad the Church shall be helped with a little help, as Dan... [ Continue Reading ]
God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early. Ver. 5. _God is in the midst of her_] Hence the Church is called Jehovah Shammah, the Lord is there, Ezekiel 48:35, there he hath set him up a mercy seat, a throne of grace, and paved his people a new... [ Continue Reading ]
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. Ver. 6. _The heathen raged_] Among themselves, and against the Church (Christ mystical, as Psa 2:1-2) with great three and fury: _Quia ab ascensore suo Daemone perurgentur,_ as Bernard giveth the reason, because the... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. Ver. 7. _The Lord of hosts is with us_] Even the Lord, who commandeth far other hosts and armies than the enemy hath any; and this they shall see by our spiritual security. _ The God of Jacob is our refuge_] Heb. our high tow... [ Continue Reading ]
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. Ver. 8. _Come, behold the works of the Lord_] _Venite, videte._ Come, see. God looks that his works should lie well observed, and especially when he hath wrought any great deliverance for his people. Of all things, he c... [ Continue Reading ]
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Ver. 9. _He maketh wars to cease_] As the Lord putteth the sword in commission, bathing it in heaven; so he can quiet it, and command it up at his pleasure. H... [ Continue Reading ]
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.d._ As you must come and see, Psalms 46:8, so come and hear what the Lord saith to those enemies of yours, _Cessate, et scite,_ Be still, sit, and know, _E... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]