Father's Heart Bible™ (FHB)

Psalm 46:10

"Be still, and know that I am the Father. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth."

Psalm 46:10 · Father's Heart Bible™ · Spoken by the Father

What Psalm 46:10 means

Psalm 46:10 is our Father speaking in the middle of a storm: “Be still, and know that I am the Father. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.”

The psalm imagines the worst: the earth giving way and mountains sliding into the sea. Then it shows our Father stopping wars, breaking bows and burning shields. “Be still” is spoken into that noise. It is less a call to quiet meditation than a command to stop striving, to drop the weapons, to cease fighting and let him be who he is.

Most translations read “know that I am God.” The FHB footnote explains why this one reads “know that I am the Father”: the Father is revealing his own name, calling even the raging nations to cease striving and know him as Father. Stillness, then, is not emptiness. It is knowing who is in charge, and that he is our Father.

Written by Spirit Media Publishing · Edited by Kevin White · Published October 21, 2026

Psalm 46:10 in context

⁸ Come, see the works of our Father, who has brought such devastation on the earth.

⁹ He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and snaps the spear, he burns the shields with fire.

¹⁰ "Be still, and know that I am the Father. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth."

¹¹ The Father of heaven's armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

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Questions about Psalm 46:10

What does Psalm 46:10 say?

In the Father's Heart Bible™, Psalm 46:10 reads: “Be still, and know that I am the Father. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.”

What does Psalm 46:10 mean?

Psalm 46:10 means to stop striving and fighting and to know who our Father is. It is spoken in a psalm about catastrophe and war, where he ends the conflict and calls everyone to be still before him. It is a command to trust, not only a call to quiet.

Why does the Father’s Heart Bible say “know that I am the Father”?

Most translations read “know that I am God.” The FHB footnote explains that it hears the Father revealing his own name here, calling the nations to cease striving and know him as Father.