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Psalms 46:4

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

KJV

Subjecit populos nobis, et gentes sub pedibus nostris.

Vulgate

ὑπέταξεν λαοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ἔθνη ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν·

LXX

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

ASV

יֶהֱמ֣וּ יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑י/ו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ הָרִ֖ים בְּ/גַאֲוָת֣/וֹ סֶֽלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 7×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
וֹ
v
noun · 19×
יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ
yr'shv
verb · 29×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
ן
n
verb · 33×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 22:1 · echo
    "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb."
    Psalm 46: river whose streams make glad the city of God

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 1.—Of This Part of the Work, Wherein We Begin to Explain the Origin and End of the Two Cities. The city of God we speak of is the same to which testimony is borne by that Scripture, which excels all the writings of all nations by its divine authority, and has brought under its influence all kinds of minds, and this not by a casual intellectual movement, but obviously by…

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 6:6 — But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
  • Acts 7:48 — Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
  • Exod 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elde
  • Ezek 47:1 — Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the w
  • Ezek 47:1 — Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the w
  • Gen 2:10 — And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
  • Isa 8:6 — Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
  • Isa 33:21 — But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
  • Isa 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k
  • Isa 48:18 — O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
  • Isa 60:14 — The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LO
  • John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
  • Mic 6:6 — Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
  • Ps 23:2 — He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
  • Ps 23:2 — He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
  • Ps 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
  • Ps 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
  • Ps 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
  • Ps 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
  • Ps 48:1 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  • Ps 48:1 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  • Ps 48:8 — As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
  • Ps 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
  • Ps 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
  • Ps 87:3 — Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
  • Ps 87:7 — As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
  • Ps 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 92:1 — IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
  • Ps 101:8 — I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
  • Rev 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  • Rev 21:10 — And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
  • Rev 22:1 — And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
  • Rev 22:1 — And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.