Therefore we will not fear though the earth give way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
This psalm celebrates a singular, miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem from extreme peril, not merely the constant protection God always grants His Church. The prophet exhorts the faithful to commit themselves confidently to His protection, assured that He will preserve them from all assaults of their enemies, for it is His peculiar office to quell every commotionI cannot say with certainty when it was composed, but the language expresses faith under threatened difficulty rather than triumph already won.
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Commenting on Psalm 46:1-11
Therefore. How fond the psalmist is of therefores! his poetry is no poetic rapture without reason, it is as logical as a mathematical demonstration. The next words are a necessary inference from these. Will not we fear. With God on our side, how irrational would fear be! Where he is all power is, and all love, why therefore should we quail?
God is our refuge to flee to, our strength to bear us up under burdens, our help at hand and never found wanting. Are we pursued? We find secure shelter in Him. Are we oppressed? He fits us for service and suffering alike. Those who with holy reverence fear God need not be amazed or afraid of any power of hell or earth. If God be for us, who can be against us to do us harm?
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Commenting on Psalm 46:1-5