Psalms 46

Psalm 46 is the 46th psalm from the Book of Psalms, composed by sons of Korah.

The psalm is credited to the sons of Korah mentioned in 2 Chronicles 20:19. In the introductory statement the tune is said to be based on "after the manner of virgins" but there has been some debate about whether this is the name of a familiar tune or a Hebrew expression for using high voices.

The Psalm is composed of four parts:

In verses 8 and 12, a chorus is repeated. This chorus was originally probably between verses 4 and 5, but might have been removed because of a copyist's mistake.

There is a question as to what "river" the psalm is referring to in verse 5 whose streams, according to the King James Version of the Christian Scriptures, makes glad the city of God. Several possibilities have been advanced.

It is possible to identify this river in Psalm 46 as the Jordan River. However, the Jordan River is a distance of 20 miles northeast of Jerusalem (assuming that the "city of God" is a reference to Jerusalem). For this reason, some have found this possibility unlikely.

It's possible to match this river to the description of the river which will run from beneath the Jewish Temple eastward to the Dead Sea as described in the forty-seventh chapter of the Old Testament book of the prophet Ezekiel.

Another possibility is that this river is to be identified with the river that flows from the New Jerusalem as described in the twenty-second chapter of the New Testament Book of Revelation.

The city of God mentioned in Psalm 46:5 is likely Jerusalem.

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