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 history suits it. Not celebrating. victorious campaign, but. successful defense. See notes below. Psa 46:4... [ Continue Reading ]
BE REMOVED. quake. Same as "moved", Psalms 46:6. CARRIED. moved. MIDST. Hebrew heart. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATERS THEREOF ROAR. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis_ (App-6), implying the raging of the Assyrian host without. ROAR. Same word as "raged" (Psalms 46:6). SELAH. Connecting the roaring of the waters without with the silent flowing river in the rock-cut channel beneath Zion, and contrasting the bo... [ Continue Reading ]
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 note on Genesis 10:25.Genesis 1:3, i.e. the rock-cut channels beneath Zion. See App-68. All other wate... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MIDST. in the middle, not the same as Psalms 46:2. MOVED. Same word as "carried", in Psalms 46:2. AND THAT RIGHT EARLY. Hebrew at the turning of the morning: i.e. when the morning dawns. See 2 Kings 19:31.Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 37:36. Compare Exodus 14:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations. RAGED. Same word as "roar", Psalms 46:3. WERE MOVED. moved. Same word as in Psalms 46:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. REFUGE. an impregnable place. Hebrew. _misgab._ Not the same word as in Psalms 46:1. SELAH. Connecting this assured confidence in God's promise with its fulfilment in the deliverance of Zion from Sennacherib (App-66.).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. gaze on. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. But some codices, with first printed edition and Syriac, read "Elohim", God. Compare Psalms 66:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOW... SPEAR... CHARIOT. The weapons of war, corresponding with the preceding line war. See the Structure above.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE STILL. Desist; cease your efforts. Hebrew. _rapha._ EXALTED. Hebrew. _rum,_ so most frequently rendered.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOD OF JACOB. See notes on Psalms 146:5. and compare Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26. SELAH. Connecting Psalms 46 with Psalms 47 and 48, all three referring to the same events. See App-66. To the chief Musician. See App-64.... [ Continue Reading ]