We read this is the God of Jacob; he is with believers and exalted among the nations and on earth. There is certainly a shift from third-person to first-person, and the ESV points out the grammar of the phrase “be still, and know.” They interpret the phrase as being spoken to the nations. The key commands we read in these various translations are “be still,” “cease striving,” and “stop.” The next command “know” is the same in all the above translations, which lends itself in this context to mean “acknowledge” and “be in awe.” God will make sure his name is glorified among the nations and in all the earth. “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Be still and remember who God is, be still and stop fearing, be still and see what God is doing, be still and acknowledge his greatness, be still and know God is with you… But if you’ve ever held a prism in your hands, you know that sunlight actually is made up of a bunch of different colors, all of which have different wavelengths.

Hold off your hands, ye enemies! The enemies of the people of God and the people of God will see God exalted in all the earth. Be still. For some people stillness may be easy to achieve. For others the mere thought of holding still and being quiet can make them uncomfortable. God will make sure his glory is known. He will direct us in the way he wants us to go. Our busyness can get in the way of having time alone. Take the time to experience God’s presence. If we take away nothing else from this psalm, let us remember the call to spread God’s Word so that others may find the same security we have. Psalm 46 is a song for Zion, God’s holy city where his people dwell with him-the city is holy because God dwells in it. It is clear by the end of the psalm that warring against God is always in vain, and the people of God who are protected by their Mighty Fortress have nothing to fear. Throughout the 11 verses, we also read several descriptions about God-his characteristics and attributes: he is our refuge, strong, present, and a great help to those who are weak.

“God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. According to the Aztec ritual calendar, a human sacrifice was necessary multiple times throughout the year, such as by decapitation or removal of the person’s heart, to appease the gods and ensure the empire’s continued prosperity. “Islam Taught Me” has been written for the purpose of bringing peace and solace to the believer’s heart, enlightening the soul, and strengthening one’s relationship with the Creator. ‘Reformed’ epistemologists have appealed to an externalist epistemology in order to maintain that theistic belief may be justified even though its truth is no more than basically evident to the believer-that is, its truth is not rationally inferable from other, more basic, beliefs, but is found to be immediately evident in the believer’s experience (see Plantinga and Wolterstorff 1983, Alston 1991, Plantinga 2000). On Plantinga’s version, (basic) theistic beliefs count as knowledge because they are produced by the operation of a special cognitive faculty whose functional design fits it for the purpose of generating true beliefs about God. That is, banish all the thoughts within us that pull our attention away. It is, along with signals intelligence and imagery intelligence (SIGINT and IMINT respectively), one of the three traditional means of intelligence gathering.

The idea behind this was to encourage players to trade with one another across versions. Catholicism is one of the largest and most popular subsets of Christianity. Could we not almost say that this shattering is one of the marks of His presence? The book of “Jubilees,” written in the second century B.C.E., is one of those texts. Yet, we must not dismiss the importance of calming ourselves and focusing on our Creator if we desire to commune with him. Though it was tempting to ally themselves with foreign powers, to rely on military strength, or to give themselves over to idolatry and pagan ways, the godly must learn to persevere to the end. What their temptation was may be implied from v. 2: ‘Therefore we will not fear.’ Throughout the history of Israel and Judah, severe national distress brought the temptation to abandon true religion for the ephemeral security of political alliances, military strength, and worldly paganism. We may feel we can’t slow down.