New King James Version
Psalms 46:5
5God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
Psalms 46:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
- New International Version (NIV)God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.
Context of Psalms 46:5
3Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah 4There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. 6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. 7The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
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אֱלֹהִ֣ים בְּ֭קִרְבָּהּ בַּל־תִּמּ֑וֹט יַעְזְרֶ֥הָ אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים לִפְנ֥וֹת בֹּֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 46:5
- Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the Lord God might dwell there.
- Deuteronomy 23:14For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”
- Exodus 33:7Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.
- Hosea 11:9I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror.
- Joel 2:27Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.
- Zephaniah 3:15The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You shall see disaster no more.
- Zechariah 2:5For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
- Zechariah 8:3“Thus says the Lord: ‘I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the Lord of hosts, The Holy Mountain.’
- Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
- Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
- Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
- Psalms 30:5For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
- Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.
Commentaries on Psalms 46:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5God is in the midst of her - God will not abandon them that trust in him; he will maintain his own cause; and, if his Church should at any time be attacked, he will help her and that right early - with the utmost speed. As soon as the onset is made, God is there to resist. As by the day-break the shadows and darkness are dissipated; so by the bright rising of Jehovah, the darkness of adversity shall be scattered.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5God is in the midst of her - God is in the midst of the “city” referred to above - the “city of God.” That is, (a) he dwelt there by the visible symbol of his presence, the Shekinah; (b) he was there “actually” as a help and a protector. It was his chosen abode, and as long as such a Being dwelt in the city, they had nothing to fear. God shall help her - That is, in her danger, he will interpose to save her. This is language such as would be used in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5when morning dawns: In the ancient Near East, enemies attacked cities during the day. Even in dangerous times, the Lord will protect the place where his name is.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. right early--literally, "at the turn of morning," or change from night to day, a critical time (Psa 30:5; compare Is 37:36).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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