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Psalm 46:4
ESV There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
NIV There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
NASB There is a river whose streams make the city of God happy, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
CSB There is a river -- its streams delight the city of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
NLT A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High.
KJV There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

What does Psalm 46:4 mean?

This verse mentions the presence of a stream that blesses Jerusalem, the city of God. Spiritually, Scripture often speaks of this as the dwelling place of the Most High God (Psalm 9:11; 132:13; Joel 3:17; Zechariah 8:3). Streams and rivers are common symbols of abundance: a source which perpetually flows. The imagery here resembles that of the river which Ezekiel 47 describes, gushing forth from the temple in the millennium when Christ rules the earth. Revelation 22:1–2 depicts a "river of the water of life" flowing in the New Jerusalem.

Some believe this psalm was composed to celebrate God's deliverance of Israel from the Assyrians in the days of king Hezekiah. If so, the reference to water might have a double meaning. Hezekiah had built an underground aqueduct that connected the Spring of Gihon in Kidron with the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem (2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:30). The sea might roar and foam, just as the Assyrians might rattle their swords and spears. Even so, the water supply in Jerusalem was calm and secure, just as God was reliably established in Jerusalem, His holy mountain.
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