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 sufficiently able to protect his own people, and that he gives them sufficient ground to expect it; for... [ Continue Reading ]
3_Though the waters thereof roar, _etc This verse ought to be read in connection with the verse which follows, because it is necessary to complete the sense, as if it had been said: Though the waters of the sea roar and swell, and by their fierce impetuosity shake the very mountains — even in the mi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 mention. By this mode of expression he alludes to the stream which flowed from Shiloah, and passed throug... [ Continue Reading ]
5._God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved. The Psalmist now _shows that the great security of the Church consists in this, that God dwells in the midst of her; for the verb which we translate, _shall be moved, _is of the feminine gender, nor can it be referred to God, as if it were desig... [ Continue Reading ]
6_The peoples raged _Since the Church of God is never without enemies, and these very powerful, and such as consequently fight against her with cruel and unbridled fury, the prophet now confirms from experience the doctrine which he had advanced concerning the impregnable character of the divine pro... [ Continue Reading ]
7._Jehovah of armies is with us. _In this verse we are taught how we shall be able to apply to our own use the things which the Scriptures everywhere record concerning the infinite power of God. We shall be able to do this when we believe ourselves to be of the number of those whom God has embraced... [ Continue Reading ]
8_Come ye, consider the works of Jehovah _The Psalmist seems still to continue in this verse the history of a deliverance by which God had given abundant evidence that he is the most efficient and faithful protector of his Church, that the godly might derive from it both courage and strength to enab... [ Continue Reading ]
10_Be still, and know that I am God _The Psalmist seems now to turn his discourse to the enemies of the people of God, who indulge their lust of mischief and revenge upon them: for in doing injury to the saints they do not consider that they are making war against God. Imagining that they have only... [ Continue Reading ]