Psalms 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
still	הַרְפּ֣וּ har.Pu	H7503	to slacken (in many applications · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
know	וּ֭דְעוּ U.de.'u	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
God	אֱלֹהִ֑ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
exalted	אָר֥וּם 'a.Rum	H7311	to be high actively · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
heathen	בַּ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
exalted	אָר֥וּם 'a.Rum	H7311	to be high actively · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
earth	בָּאָֽרֶץ ba.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Habakkuk 2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Ezekiel 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Zechariah 2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Psalms 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Psalms 57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Isaiah 2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the ea…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:6–end

These verses give glory to God both as King of nations and as King of saints. I. As King of nations, ruling the world by his power and providence, and overruling all the affairs of the children of men to his own glory; he does according to his will among the inhabitants of the earth, and none may say, What doest thou? 1. He checks the rage and breaks the power of the nations that oppose him and his interests in the world (Psa 46:6): The heathen raged at David's coming to the throne, and at the setting up of the kingdom of the Son of David; compare Psa 2:1, Psa 2:2. The kingdoms were moved with indignation, and rose in a tumultuous furious manner to oppose it; but God uttered his voice, spoke…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 46:10

Be still, &c.--literally, "Leave off to oppose Me and vex My people. I am over all for their safety." (Compare Isa 2:11; Eph 1:22). Next: Psalms Chapter 47

John Gill on Psalms 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God,.... These words are thought by some to be spoken by the Lord to the nations of the world, to "cease from war", as the Targum renders the words; or from going up any more against Jerusalem, as Jarchi interprets them; and that they were spoken to them before the breaking of their bows, &c. as Aben Ezra observes; or that they are an exhortation to them to cease from their evil works, and know that the Lord is God, and has power to raise up and to make low; which, is Kimchi's sense of the words: but they are rather a continuation of the church's address to the fearful among them, as before to behold the works of the Lord, so here to hearken to what he says, as f…

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John Calvin on Psalms 46:6–end

Psalm 46:6-11 6. The peoples raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice [178] the earth melted. 7. Jehovah of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah. 8. Come ye, consider the works of Jehovah, what desolations [179] he hath made in the earth. 9. He maketh battles to cease even to the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, he cutteth in pieces the spear; he burneth the chariots with fire. [180] 10. Be still [181] and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth [182] 11. Jehovah of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah. 6 The peoples raged Since the Church of God is never without enemies, and these…

The Church Fathers

Poemen said, 'Whatever hardship comes upon you, it can be overcome by silence.'
— Desert Fathers, The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks

It is not possible to know him if one has not become still and purified one's mind.
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 19:17

When the labors and hardships of this age come to an end, and our debts, [that is] all our faults, have been forgiven, the entire people of the elect will rejoice eternally in the sole contemplation of the divine vision, and that most longed-for command of our Lord and Savior will be fulfilled: "Be still and see that I am God."
— Bede, Homilies on the Gospels 2:17

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Alamoth — Virgins, a musical term (1 Chr. 15:20), denoting that the psalm which bears this inscription (Ps. 46) was to be sung by soprano or female voices.
Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF
Heathen, The · God: Will be exalted among — God: Will be exalted among
Resignation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Reverence · 4:10;5:29;6:2,13;10:12,20,21;13:4;14:23;28:49,58; — 4:10;5:29;6:2,13;10:12,20,21;13:4;14:23;28:49,58;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 46:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 46:10

John Gill on Psalms 46:10

John Calvin on Psalms 46:6–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 46:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 46:10

John Gill on Psalms 46:10

John Calvin on Psalms 46:6–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 46:8–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 46:10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 46:10