Psalm 46
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV, Common Worship Psalter, ASB Psalter, and BCP Psalter) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- From Augustine's Exposition on the Psalms.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- The Sole Consideration, That God is God, Sufficient to Still All Objections to His Sovereignty (Ps 46:10). Sermon by Jonathan Edwards.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes (Ps 46:8): Sermon by John Wesley.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Psalm 46, Eric Mathis, Christ the King, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "Specifically, Psalm 46 does what Thomas Merton said the Psalter should do. Merton said the Psalter 'will, above all, tell us not merely what we ought to be but the unbelievable thing that we already are… we are at the same time in the desert and in the Promised Land. The Psalms are our Bread of Heaven in the wilderness of our Exodus.'"
- Commentary, Psalm 46, J. Clinton McCann, Reformation Day, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
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Commentary,
Psalm 46, Hans Weirsma, Reformation Day, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "'Ein feste burg ist unser Gott...' is the original, German phrase that opens Martin Luther's famous hymn."
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Commentary,
Psalm 46, Joel LeMon, Christ the King, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "This psalm exhorts its earliest audience not to base its confidence on high, thick walls and expert archers manning the balustrades. It is only God's presence that promotes security."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
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"A Mighty Fortress," Paul Bellan-Boyer, City Called Heaven, 2010.
- "For we know that, much as we might wish it, the fortress God does not make us invulnerable."
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"The
Absence of God's Presence: Mother Teresa, Martin Luther and Psalm 46,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey
with Jesus Foundation, 2007.
- "We rest in the knowledge not that the darkness will always turn to dawn-Mother Teresa's 'dark night' lasted fifty years-but in the confidence that God in Christ says to us, 'I am more certain to you than your own heart and conscience.'"
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Reformation Sunday: Psalm 46, The Autumn Leaves: Pages from the Psalter
for Late Pentecost, James Limburg, Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Seminary, 1992.
- "The God in whom we trust despite natural disasters and historical threats, the God who will finally bring an end to wars (Ps 46:9), the God whose 'withness' takes its ultimate expression in the sending of the one named Immanuel -- these are some of the themes that suggest themselves from this psalm for these days of autumn."
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Prayer in
Downtown, Psalm 46, Joel Smeby, Lutheran Community of Grace,
Hopkins, MN, 2010.
- "Free falling through the nether and there is our Lord to greet us and to take us up..."
- Environmental &
earth-centered reflections from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental
Stewardship Commission.
- "The psalmist was overwhelmed by the tumults occurring in earth's natural disasters, but remembered that we are not to fear, even though the earth be moved."
- "Have Faith, God Is Our Strength in Times of Trouble," Dale Fletcher, Faith and Health Connection.
- Commentary,
Psalm 46, Eric Mathis, Christ the King, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brettler, Marc, "Images of YHWH the
Warrior in Psalms," Semeia, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kelly, Sidney,
"Psalm 46: A Study in Imagery," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1970.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Limburg, James,
"The Autumn Leaves: Pages from the Psalter for Late Pentecost," Word
& World, 1992. (The section on this text begins on page 275.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Mitchell, David C.,
"'God Will Redeem My Soul from Sheol': The Psalms of the Sons of Korah,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brettler, Marc, "Images of YHWH the
Warrior in Psalms," Semeia, 1993.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "A River and Its Streams Bring Joy to the City," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "The Right Stuff," Adrian Miller, sermons4kids.com.
- Drama:
- Liturgy:
- Call to Worship for Troubling Times, based on Psalm 46, 21st Century Worship Resource for Pentecost +3, 2008, Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church GBOD.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- The Seedbed Psalter, with selected tunes for singing.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Psalm 46. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- "Our Refuge," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- "God Our Refuge and Strength," lyrics, midi, sheet music, mp3. Stephen J. Pearson, The Psalmistry. See Terms of Use.
- Psalm 46 set to Sweet Hour (LMD) by Dale A. Schoening, Metrical Psalms.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Psalms
