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Psalm 46:10 KJV
Psalms · chapter 46 · verse 10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.Psalm 46:10 · King James Version
What Psalm 46:10 means
Be still gets read as quiet your heart, but this psalm is about war — the verse before has God breaking the bow and burning the chariot. The command is closer to stop fighting and see who he is. And it's said to the nations as much as it's said to you.
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Psalm 46:10 in context
8Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9He 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.
10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 100:3
- Habakkuk 2:20
- Ezekiel 38:23
- Zechariah 2:13
- Psalms 83:18
- Isaiah 2:17
- Psalms 57:5
- 1 Chronicles 29:11
Key words (Strong's)
- exaltedrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raiseH7311 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- stillrâphâhto slackenH7503 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11