Bible Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 1. all ye people ] Render all ye peoples, here and in Psa 47:3 ; Psa 47:9 a. It is the nations of the world who are addressed. They … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 47:1”

The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. 11. The refrain with its triumphant chorus of faith and gratitude forms an appropriate conclusion. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The Lord of hosts is with us … – See Psa 46:7. This is the conclusion, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:11”

Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 10. Jehovah speaks, admonishing the nations to desist from their vain endeavour to destroy His people, and bidding them recognise Him as the true God, who will manifest His absolute supremacy. Cp. Isa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:10”

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. 9. The destruction of the Assyrians is an earnest of that final abolition of war which Jehovah will one day bring about, destroying the weapons of war, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:9”

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 8. Come, behold ] The invitation is addressed to all (Isa 33:13), but especially to the nations, who are bidden ( Psa 46:10) to take warning from the sight. They are not merely to “see the works of Jehovah” (Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:8”

The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. 7. The refrain corresponds to Isaiah’s watchword Immanuel, ‘God is with us’ (Isa 7:14; Isa 8:8; Isa 8:10). The name Jehovah is retained (or has been restored) here even in the Elohistic collection in the familiar title Jehovah of hosts. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:7”

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 6. The heathen raged ] Or, the nations roared; a word commonly used of the tumultuous noise of a multitude or an army (Psa 83:2; Isa 17:12). The same words ( roared were moved), which were used in Psa 46:2-3 of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:6”

God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early. 5. God is in the midst of her ] Cp. Isa 12:6; and Mic 3:11, where we learn how this watchword was abused by those who saw in the Presence of God a pledge of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:5”

[There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High. 4. In contrast to the tumultuous sea threatening to engulf the solid mountain, is the river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God. The gently flowing river, fertilising all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:4”

[Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 3. As the text stands this verse must be treated, as in the A.V. and R.V., as a continuation of Psa 46:2. But the symmetrical structure of the Ps., resembling that of Psalms 42-43, makes it probable that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 46:3”