Psalms 46:6 (GNV)

Passage

When the nations raged, and the kingdomes were moued, God thundred, and the earth melted.

Nearby Context

Psalms 46:4 Yet there is a Riuer, whose streames shall make glad the citie of God: euen the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacles of the most High.

Psalms 46:5 God is in the middes of it: therefore shall it not be moued: God shall helpe it very earely.

Psalms 46:6 When the nations raged, and the kingdomes were moued, God thundred, and the earth melted.

Psalms 46:7 The Lord of hostes is with vs: the God of Iaakob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 46:8 Come, and behold the workes of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nations", "raged", "kingdomes", "moued", "thundred", "earth", and "melted". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nations" and "raged", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "God is in the middes of it..." into verse 7's "The Lord of hostes is with vs...", so "nations" and "raged" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nations" and "raged" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.