God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. Psalm 46:1-3

Gill’s Commentary quoted in part states: ‘Be still, and know that I am God, “be still”; not that they should be like sticks and stones, stupid, indolent, and unconcerned at the commotions that are in the earth, and be unaffected with the judgments of God, and be wholly silent and inactive; rather that they should not be:

• Fearful; nor
• Fretful and impatient; or
• Restless and tumultuous;

But be quiet and easy, resigned to the will of God, and dwell in an assured expectation of the appearance of the eternal God to our rescue.

We are to “know”; own and acknowledge that:

1. He is God, the Sovereign who does whatsoever he pleases;
2. He is unchangeable in his nature, purposes, promises, and covenant;
3. He is omnipotent, able to help them and deliver us at the last extremity;
4. He is omniscient, knows their persons, cases, and troubles, and how and where to hide them till the storm is over;
5. He is the all wise God, and does all things after the counsel of his own will, and makes all things work together for good to them; and
6. He is faithful to his word and promise, and will not suffer them to be pressed beyond measure and weighed down with troubles.

Who further says for our encouragement, and is to be hearkened to in it, that He will be exalted among the Heathen. “I will be exalted”, “in my vengeance”; that I will take upon the Heathen; I will be exalted in the earth; now Christ is exalted in heaven at the right hand of God, before long he will be exalted in the earth, where he was despised and rejected, crucified and slain; he will be King over all the earth; his dominion will be from one end of it to the other; his tabernacle will be among men; and his people, as kings and priests, will reign with him on earth; by whom he, and he alone, will be exalted in the dignity of his person and offices, and, especially in his kingly office, Zechariah 14:9. These considerations serve to remove fears and dismay of mind under present troubles.

Do you believe? Selah.

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