< Psalms 46 >

1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
For the leader. Of the Korahites, on alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
So we have no fear, though earth should change, and the hills totter into the heart of the ocean.
3 though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. (Selah)
Let its waters roar and foam, let the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. On our side is the Lord of hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob. (Selah)
4 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
A river there is, whose streams make glad God’s city, the home the Most High has hallowed.
5 God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
God is within her: she cannot be shaken. God helps her at the turn of the morning.
6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
Nations roared, kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, earth melted away.
7 The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. (Selah)
On our side is the Lord of hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob.
8 Come, see the LORD’s works, what desolations he has made in the earth.
Come and see what the Lord has done, working appallingly in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
He stills wars to the ends of the earth – breaking the bow, snapping the spear, burning the chariots in the fire.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
“Refrain; and know surely that I am God, high over the nations, high over the world.”
11 The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. (Selah)
On our side is the Lord of Hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob. (Selah)

< Psalms 46 >