Psalms 46:11

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֣וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
God	אֱלֹהֵ֖י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֣ב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
refuge	מִשְׂגָּֽב mis.gav-	H4869	defence · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Selah	סֶֽלָה Se.lah	H5542	suspension (of music) · interjection

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, D…
Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,…
Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

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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 46:11

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. See Gill on Psalm 46:7. The Targum paraphrases it, "the Word of the Lord of hosts", as in Psalm 46:7; and the same words are here repeated, to comfort those that were fearful and unbelieving, with which the church then comforted herself. Selah; on this word; see Gill on Psalm 3:2.

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

This, then, is God, everywhere mighty, everywhere exalted; this is God who takes his place with us always. Have no fear, then, be not disturbed, having an invincible Master as we do, to whom all honor and glory is fitting, together with the peerless Father and his vivifying Spirit, now and forever, and for ages of ages.
— John Chrysostom, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 46:3

"The Lord of Hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our taker up" (ver. 11). Miracles are done among the heathen, full filled is the faith of the heathen; burned are the arms of human presumption. Still are they, in tranquillity of heart, to acknowledge God the Author of all their gifts. And after this glorifying, doth He yet desert the people of the Jews? of which saith the Apostle, "I say unto you, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened unto Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." That is, until the mountains be carried hither, the clouds rain here, the Lord here bows the kingdoms with His thunder, "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." And what thereafter? "And so all Israel shall be saved." Therefore, here too observing the same order, "I will be exalted" (saith He) "among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth;" that is, both in the sea, and in the earth, that now might all say what followeth: "the God of Jacob is our taker up."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 46

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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.
Privileges Of Saints · Having God for their: Refuge — Having God for their: Refuge

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 46:11

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 46:11

John Calvin on Psalms 46:6–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 46:11

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 46:11

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 46:11