What does Psalms 46:10 mean?

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 46:10, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Psalms 46:8-11

  1. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
  2. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
  3. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
  4. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

46:10 A message directly from the Lord confirms the authenticity of the psalmist’s vision (see also 12:5-6; 32:8). • know that I am God: The Lord will do what he promises (Isa 45:3; 49:23; 60:16). • God will be exalted (Ps 47; Isa 6:1); he will judge the nations and rescue his people (see Pss 57:11; 89:13; 108:5-6; 118:16).

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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