--- title: "Psalms 46 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Psalms 46 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be c" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/psalms/46" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/46)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/46)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/46) Audio 1 God *is* our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.* 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;* 3 *Though* the waters thereof roar *and* be troubled, *though* the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4 *There is* a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy *place* of the tabernacles of the most High. 5 God *is* in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, *and that* right early.* 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The LORD of hosts *is* with us; the God of Jacob *is* our refuge. Selah.* 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 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. 10 Be still, and know that I *am* God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The LORD of hosts *is* with us; the God of Jacob *is* our refuge. Selah. [Psalms 45](/study/psalms/45) [Psalms 47](/study/psalms/47) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Psalms 46:1](/kjv/psalms/46/1) « 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. **Upon Alamoth** ] *i.e.* Upon the Virginals. Virgins with their shrill treble tune, [1 Chronicles 15:20](/kjv/1-chronicles/15/20) , used (belike) to sing this triumphant psalm, and to play it on the instrument; and their hearts were somewhat suitable to it. The penman some think to have been David, upon occasion of those notable victories, [2 Samuel 8:1-14](/kjv/2-samuel/8/1-14) ; others, Solomon, for the virgins to sing and play at his wedding,[Psa 45:8-9](/kjv/-psa/45/8-9) [Song of Solomon 1:2](/kjv/song-of-solomon/1/2) ; others, Isaiah, either upon the overthrow of those two kings, Rezin and Pekah,[2Ki 16:5](/kjv/-2ki/16/5) [Isaiah 7:8](/kjv/isaiah/7/8) , confer [Judges 5:11](/kjv/judges/5/11) , or else after the slaughter of Sennacherib’s army by an angel; then the virgin daughter of Zion (much more than before) despised him, and laughed him to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shook her head at him, [Isaiah 37:22](/kjv/isaiah/37/22) , and sang as followeth: **** Ver. 1. **God is our refuge and strength** ] *Deus nobis est receptus, et robur* (Tremel.). All creatures, when in distress, run to their refuges,[Pro 30:26](/kjv/-pro/30/26)[Psa 104:18](/kjv/-psa/104/18)[Pro 18:11](/kjv/-pro/18/11)[Dan 4:10-11](/kjv/-dan/4/10-11) [Judges 9:50-51](/kjv/judges/9/50-51) . So do the saints to God Almighty, for the safe-guarding of their persons, as here, and [Isaiah 25:4](/kjv/isaiah/25/4) . Luther, when in greatest distress, was wont to call for this psalm, saying, Let us sing the forty-sixth psalm in concert; and then let the devil do his worst. **** **A very present help in trouble** ] Or, we have abundantly found him a help in tribulation (Joh. Manlii loc. com.). God, as he is not far off his people at such a time, so he needeth not much entreaty; but when we are nearest danger he is nearest to deliver, as in the gunpowder plot prevented eight or nine hours before it should have been acted; masses were sung in Rome for the prospering of it; but no prayers particularly made in England for the preventing, nor could be. 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