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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 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. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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- Chapter Blob Preview: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place o...
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 46:1
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח עַֽל־עֲלָמוֹת שִֽׁיר׃lamenatzecha-liveney-qorach-'al-'alamvot-shiyr
KJV: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
AKJV: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
ASV: God is our refuge and strength,
YLT: To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
Exposition: Psalms 46:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:2
Hebrew
אֱלֹהִים לָנוּ מַחֲסֶה וָעֹז עֶזְרָה בְצָרוֹת נִמְצָא מְאֹֽד׃'elohiym-lanv-machaseh-va'oz-'ezerah-vetzarvot-nimetza'-me'od
KJV: Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
AKJV: Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the middle of the sea;
ASV: Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,
YLT: Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:2
Psalms 46:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 46:2
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Exposition: Psalms 46:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:3
Hebrew
עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נִירָא בְּהָמִיר אָרֶץ וּבְמוֹט הָרִים בְּלֵב יַמִּֽים׃'al-khen-lo'-niyra'-vehamiyr-'aretz-vvemvot-hariym-velev-yamiym
KJV: Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
AKJV: Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
ASV: Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
YLT: Roar--troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:3
Psalms 46:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:3
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- Psalms 46:3
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- Selah
Exposition: Psalms 46:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:4
Hebrew
יֶהֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־הָרִים בְּגַאֲוָתוֹ סֶֽלָה׃yehemv-yechemerv-meymayv-yire'ashv-hariym-vega'avatvo-selah
KJV: There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
AKJV: There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
ASV: There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,
YLT: A river--its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:4
Psalms 46:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:4
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- Psalms 46:4
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- High
Exposition: Psalms 46:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:5
Hebrew
נָהָר פְּלָגָיו יְשַׂמְּחוּ עִיר־אֱלֹהִים קְדֹשׁ מִשְׁכְּנֵי עֶלְיֽוֹן׃nahar-felagayv-yeshamechv-'iyr-'elohiym-qedosh-mishekheney-'eleyvon
KJV: God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
AKJV: God is in the middle of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
ASV: God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
YLT: God is in her midst--she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:5
Psalms 46:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:5
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- Psalms 46:5
Exposition: Psalms 46:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:6
Hebrew
אֱלֹהִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ בַּל־תִּמּוֹט יַעְזְרֶהָ אֱלֹהִים לִפְנוֹת בֹּֽקֶר׃'elohiym-veqirevah-val-timvot-ya'ezereha-'elohiym-lifenvot-voqer
KJV: The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
AKJV: The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
ASV: The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved:
YLT: Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:6
Psalms 46:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:6
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- Psalms 46:6
Exposition: Psalms 46:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:7
Hebrew
הָמוּ גוֹיִם מָטוּ מַמְלָכוֹת נָתַן בְּקוֹלוֹ תָּמוּג אָֽרֶץ׃hamv-gvoyim-matv-mamelakhvot-natan-veqvolvo-tamvg-'aretz
KJV: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
AKJV: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
ASV: Jehovah of hosts is with us;
YLT: Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:7
Psalms 46:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:7
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- Psalms 46:7
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Selah
Exposition: Psalms 46:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:8
Hebrew
יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ מִשְׂגָּֽב־לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה׃yehvah-tzeva'vot-'imanv-mishegav-lanv-'elohey-ya'aqov-selah
KJV: Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
AKJV: Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.
ASV: Come, behold the works of Jehovah,
YLT: Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:8
Psalms 46:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:8
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- Psalms 46:8
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- Come
Exposition: Psalms 46:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:9
Hebrew
לְֽכוּ־חֲזוּ מִפְעֲלוֹת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם שַׁמּוֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ׃lekhv-chazv-mife'alvot-yehvah-'asher-sham-shamvot-va'aretz
KJV: 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.
AKJV: He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire.
ASV: He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
YLT: Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:9Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:9
Psalms 46:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:9
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- Psalms 46:9
Exposition: Psalms 46:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:10
Hebrew
מַשְׁבִּית מִלְחָמוֹת עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ קֶשֶׁת יְשַׁבֵּר וְקִצֵּץ חֲנִית עֲגָלוֹת יִשְׂרֹף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃masheviyt-milechamvot-'ad-qetzeh-ha'aretz-qeshet-yeshaver-veqitzetz-chaniyt-'agalvot-yisherof-va'esh
KJV: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
AKJV: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
ASV: Be still, and know that I am God:
YLT: Desist, and know that I am God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:10Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:10
Psalms 46:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:10
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- Psalms 46:10
Exposition: Psalms 46:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 46:11
Hebrew
הַרְפּוּ וּדְעוּ כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֱלֹהִים אָרוּם בַּגּוֹיִם אָרוּם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃harefv-vde'v-khiy-'anokhiy-'elohiym-'arvm-vagvoyim-'arvm-va'aretz
KJV: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
AKJV: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
ASV: Jehovah of hosts is with us;
YLT: Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 46:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 46:11
Psalms 46:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 46:11
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- Psalms 46:11
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Selah
Exposition: Psalms 46:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Commentary citation index
This chapter now surfaces commentary as quoted witness material with an explicit citation trail. The index below gathers the canonical references and named authorities detected inside the commentary layer for faster academic review.
Direct commentary witnesses
0
Generated editorial witnesses
11
Source lane
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Psalms 46:1
- Psalms 46:2
- Psalms 46:3
- Psalms 46:4
- Psalms 46:5
- Psalms 46:6
- Psalms 46:7
- Psalms 46:8
- Psalms 46:9
- Psalms 46:10
- Psalms 46:11
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Selah
- High
- Come
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Genesis
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Exodus
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Leviticus
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Numbers
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Deuteronomy
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Esther
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Job
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Psalms
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Proverbs
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Ecclesiastes
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Song of Solomon
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Isaiah
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Lamentations
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Ezekiel
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Daniel
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Hosea
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Joel
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Amos
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Obadiah
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Jonah
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Micah
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Nahum
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Habakkuk
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Zephaniah
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Haggai
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Zechariah
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Malachi
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Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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Acts
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Romans
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1 Corinthians
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2 Corinthians
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Galatians
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Ephesians
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Philippians
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Colossians
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Titus
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Philemon
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Hebrews
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James
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1 Peter
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1 John
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Jude
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Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 46:1
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 46:1
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Biblical cross-references named in the witness