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PSALM XLVI
_The confidence of believers in God_, 1-3.
_The privileges of the Church_, 4, 5;
_her enemies, and her helper_, 6, 7.
_God's judgments in the earth_, 8, 9.
_He will be exalted among th...
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GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH - God is for us as a place to which we
may flee for safety; a source of strength to us in danger. The first
word, “refuge,” from a verb meaning to “flee,” and then “to
f...
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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 ...
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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...
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TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _shir_. One of the "Songs" referred to in Isaiah
38:20 (though not the same word). See App-65. Doubtless Hezekiah's
during Sennacherib's siege. No other period of Israel's histor...
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The prayer of Isaiah 33:2, "Be thou their arm every morning, our
salvation also in the time of trouble," has been answered. In the
extremity of their distress, God has proved Himself the refuge and
st...
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Secure under His protection God's people have nothing to fear, even
though the solid earth were convulsed, and rent asunder....
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_The confidence which the church hath in God. An exhortation to behold
it._
To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah: A Song upon Alamoth.
_Title._ שׁיר עלמות על קרח לבני למנצח
_lamnatseach libne...
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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...
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_GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE._
Psalms 46:1.-The Church's security, because God is in her, amidst the
world's convulsions: as shown in the sudden overthrow of Sennach...
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OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH] the original of Luther's famous _Ein' feste
Burg._
2, 3. The language is figurative of stress and trouble....
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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...
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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...
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REFUGE AND STRENGTH. — Better, _a refuge and stronghold,_ or _a sure
stronghold,_ as in Luther’s hymn,
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott.
A VERY PRESENT HELP. — Better, _often found a help.
_...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֥חַ לִ בְנֵי ־קֹ֑רַח עַֽל...
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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...
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“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....
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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...
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"To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon (a)
Alamoth." God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in (b)
trouble.
(a) Which was either a musical instrument or a solemn tun...
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CONTENTS
This is a song or Psalm of holy triumph. The prophet exhorts the
Church to make God in Christ her confidence. A reference is made,
towards the close of the Psalm, from beholding the desolati...
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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...
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_GOD A STRONG REFUGE_
‘God is our refuge and strength.’
Psalms 46:1
The Psalmist who wrote these words knew the happiness of their
meaning, for the life into which God does not enter cannot be, in...
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1._God is our refuge and strength _Here the Psalmist begins with a
general expression or sentiment, before he comes to speak of the more
particular deliverance. He begins by premising that God is
suff...
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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....
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GOD [IS] OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH,.... That is, Christ, who is God as
well as man, is the "refuge" for souls to fly unto for safety; as for
sensible sinners, in a view of danger, wrath, and misery, so...
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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 w...
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_God is our refuge and strength_ He hath manifested himself to be so
in the course of his providence in time past, and he has engaged to be
so in time to come, and will not fail to fulfil his engageme...
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God is our Refuge, under whose protection the Church and every
individual believer is safe, and STRENGTH, the Source and Fountain of
all true strength, whose almighty power can overthrow all enemies,...
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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,...
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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...
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PSALM 46 THE ARGUMENT The occasion of this Psalm is thought to be that
happy success, and settlement, and peace which God granted to the
people of Israel in David's time, and by his means, 2SA 8 The
c...
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Psalms 46:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) sons H1121 Korah H7141 Song H7892
Alamoth H5961 God H430 refuge H4268 strength...
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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...
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ALAMOTH
Alamoth, "soprano," from almah, a virgin. Some have thought the
alamoth, "virgins," were a temple choir, singing antiphonally to the
sheminith, or male choir.
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 6:1)...
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Psalms 46:1
I. This Psalm is a hymn concerning the kingdom of Christ and of God.
It tells us something of the government which Christ has been
exercising over the world ever since the beginning of it...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is a psalm of consolation. Israel, in great peril (Psalms 46:1,
Psalms 46:6, Psalms 46:8, Psalms 46:9), co
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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);...
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1 Chronicles 15:20; 2 Samuel 22:17; Deuteronomy 4:7; Genesis 22:14;...