Psalms 46:1-11
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midsta of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
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.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 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.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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, no matter what is the case and exigence.
Key Word: Refuge, Psalms 46:1; Psalms 46:11.
Strong Verses: Psalms 46:1; Psalms 46:10.
Striking Facts: Psalms 46:4. God the Father is a river (Jeremiah 2:13). God the Son is a river, the fountain of salvation (Zechariah 13:1; Zechariah 13:3). God the Spirit is a river (John 7:38; John 4:14). The perfections of the Father, the fullness of Christ, the operations of the Holy Spirit these make up the great river that makes glad the city of God.