Insight into the Community's Faith in PSALM 46 and Relevance to Africa

Abstract

The repertoire of varied expressions of faith in the Christian Sacred Scripture has been a great source of inspirations for Christians and non-Christians alike. This is mostly found in the Old Testament Book of Psalms, which has motivated many personal and communal prayers. The psalmists expressed their faith in God in different ways by the use of metaphors and similes of things that were very familiar to them and their contemporaries. This paper is a study of one of these Psalms that embodies the psalmist's strong affirmation of faith in God. The paper also investigates the relevance of this Psalm today, especially in Africa.