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'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.'

~ Psalm 46: 10

This short psalm culminates to this exciting and emotional verse.

In the original Hebrew text, "be still" is recorded as a form of the verb "רפה" (raphah). It means to cause oneself to be weak or faint; to make yourself let go; to cease and to slacken.

But the verse leaves us hanging not. It continues to entreat us to "know". We are to "be still", to cause ourselves to decrease in our eyes, and in Hebrew grammar, in order to "know".
A variant of the verb "ידע" (yadah) is used. It means to know, but to know in a great variety of manners; to know figuritively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially; to acknowledge; to comprehend not on blind trust, but to intelligently observe and discern.

And what is it that we are to "know"?
We are to know that God is God. Indescribable, incomprehensible, uncontainable, infinite, all-powerful God of all creation.

My family in Christ, let Psalm 46 be on your lips when you are troubled, when you are in distress, when you are dismayed for it speaks of our everlasting and immovable Father, our powerful stronghold and commander-in-chief, our fortress. Let Psalm 46 be also proclaimed proudly and vehemently when you triumph, when you are joyous, when you praise our God.