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A Call to See, Not Forget
The verse issues a direct command: "Come, behold." Commentators like John Calvin explain this is a remedy for our natural tendency to be forgetful or apathetic. We are called to actively look at God's mighty works in history—not just glance at them—to build a strong and lasting faith in His power to protect us.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 46:8
18th Century
Theologian
Come, behold the works of the Lord - Go forth and see what the Lord has done. See, in what his hand has accomplished, how secure we are if…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 46:8
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord. — Many manuscripts read Elohîm instead of “Jehovah.”
Desolations ... — This refers to e…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 46:7–9
19th Century
Preacher
Here the psalmist invites us to behold what God has done in the past. He has desolated the desolators, and destroyed the destroyers.
War has…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 46:8
16th Century
Theologian
Come, you, consider the works of Jehovah. The Psalmist seems still to continue in this verse the history of a deliverance by which God had…
John Gill
On Psalms 46:8
17th Century
Pastor
Come, behold the works of the Lord
Of nature and grace, especially those of Providence; both in a way of judgment, as in this …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 46:6–11
17th Century
Minister
Come and see the effects of desolating judgments, and stand in awe of God. This shows the perfect security of the church, and is an assurance of la…