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Psalm 46:1 KJV
Psalms · chapter 46 · verse 1
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Psalm 46:1 · King James Version
What Psalm 46:1 means
A very present help means help that's already here, not help that's coming. The psalm goes straight on to picture mountains falling into the sea, the worst thing the writer could imagine. Refuge is where you go. Strength is what you're handed when you get there.
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Psalm 46:1 in context
1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 145:18
- Psalms 9:9
- Proverbs 18:10
- Psalms 62:7-8
- Psalms 91:1-9
- Psalms 142:5
- Psalms 46:11
- Proverbs 14:26
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthʻôzstrength in various applicationsH5797 →
- presentmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- refugemachăçeha shelterH4268 →
- helpʻezrâhaidH5833 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The psalmist here teaches us by his own example. I. To triumph in God, and his relation to us and presence with us, especially when we have had some fresh experiences of his appearing in our behalf (Psa 46:1): God is our refuge and strength; we have found him so, he has engaged to be so, and he ever will be so.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5