Psalms 46

Psalms 46:1

present help] Deliverer; or Assistant.

Psalms 46:2

will not we fear] Though a natural fear; as Prov. XIV. 16. and XXII. 3. Matth. VIII. 26. yet not a godlesse, and faithlesse fear. Here faith triumphs over such a fear.

though the earth] Hyperbolical expressions, usualy intimating the fearful alterations of States, and Polities; or the most dreadful dangers.

Psalms 46:4

a river] Alluding to that of Kidron, Gihon, and Shiloah: intending chiefly that, Ezek. XLVII. 1. Joel III. 18. Apoc. XXII. 1. Or, the meaning of this seemes best expounded in the next verse; and in the two verses following.

Psalms 46:9

He maketh] Esay XLV. 7. Amos III. 6. Psal. LXXVI. 3.

Psalms 46:10

Exalted] Esay XXXIII. 9, 10. and XXX. 15.