Pulpit Analyst Psalm 46:1-11 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.… There is an allusion to the cities of refuge. I. WHAT GOD IS TO THE CHRISTIAN. 1. A refuge, which greatly excels those cities of Israel which were appointed for refuge to the man-slayer. It is in Jesus: is very near to the guilty; believing brings him into it at once: it is not temporary, but eternal: those refuges were only for the innocent, but this for the sinful: those were only for protection, not for liberty; only the death of the high priest made the refugees free, but this, how different: those were of no avail to the feeble and weak, they were not helped in any way to escape. 2. Strength: through His Spirit promises means of grace. 3. A very present help in trouble: such as the day of contrition, of temptation, of trial, of death. II. THE CONFIDENCE THE BELIEVER HAS IN GOD. 1. He says he "will not fear." Inside the city of refuge the refugee was safe: so the soul in Christ (Romans 8:1). 2. God, being his help and strength, the want and loss of everything is supplied. 3. This absence of fear is not temerity. They have abundant reason for saying, "There. fore will not we fear." (Pulpit Analyst.) Parallel Verses KJV: {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.WEB: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. |
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