Psalms 46:1

Psalm 46 ¹ 

For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; ²  a song.

46:1 God is our strong refuge; ³ 

he is truly our helper in times of trouble. ⁴ 

Psalms 75:1

Psalm 75 ⁵ 

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ⁶  a psalm of Asaph; a song.

75:1 We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!

You reveal your presence; ⁷ 

people tell about your amazing deeds.

Psalms 139:2

139:2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;

even from far away you understand my motives.

Psalms 145:18

145:18 The Lord is near all who cry out to him,

all who cry out to him sincerely. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 4:7

4:7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Matthew 1:23

1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him ⁹  Emmanuel,” ¹⁰  which means ¹¹  “God with us.” ¹² 

[46:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 46. In this so-called “Song Of Zion” God’s people confidently affirm that they are secure because the great warrior-king dwells within Jerusalem and protects it from the nations that cause such chaos in the earth. A refrain (vv. 7, 11) concludes the song’s two major sections.

[46:1]  ² sn The meaning of the Hebrew term עֲלָמוֹת (alamoth, which means “young women”) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. Cf. 1 Chr 15:20.

[46:1]  ³ tn Heb “our refuge and strength,” which is probably a hendiadys meaning “our strong refuge” (see Ps 71:7). Another option is to translate, “our refuge and source of strength.”

[46:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “a helper in times of trouble he is found [to be] greatly.” The perfect verbal form has a generalizing function here. The adverb מְאֹד (mÿ’od, “greatly”) has an emphasizing function.

[75:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 75. The psalmist celebrates God’s just rule, which guarantees that the godly will be vindicated and the wicked destroyed.

[75:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-59.

[75:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and near [is] your name.”

[145:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “in truth.”

[1:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “they will call his name.”

[1:23]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Isa 7:14.

[1:23]  ¹¹ tn Grk “is translated.”

[1:23]  ¹² sn An allusion to Isa 8:8, 10 (LXX).