Psa 46:4, 84:6 | JFB | STEP | 4. God's favor is denoted by a river (compare ). city of God, the holy place —His earthly residence, Jerusalem and the temple (compare , &c.). God's favor, like a river whose waters are conducted in channels, is distributed to all parts of His Church. most High

Psalms 46:4

4. God's favor is denoted by a river (compare Ps 36:8; Zec 14:8; Re 22:1).

city of God, the holy place—His earthly residence, Jerusalem and the temple (compare Ps 2:6; 3:4; 20:2; 48:2, &c.). God's favor, like a river whose waters are conducted in channels, is distributed to all parts of His Church.

most High—denoting His supremacy (Ps 17:2).

Psalms 84:6

6. valley of Baca—or, "weeping." Through such, by reason of their dry and barren condition, the worshippers often had to pass to Jerusalem. As they might become wells, or fountains, or pools, supplied by refreshing rain, so the grace of God, by the exercises of His worship, refreshes and revives the hearts of His people, so that for sorrows they have "rivers of delight" (Ps 36:8; 46:4).