Psalms 46

1 TO THE OVERSEER. BY SONS OF KORAH. FOR GIRLS’ [VOICES]. A SONG. God [is] our refuge and strength, A most sure help in adversities.

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 do not fear in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains 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 Roar—troubled are its waters, Mountains shake in its pride. (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 A river—its streams make glad the city of God, Your holy place of the dwelling places 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] in her midst—she is not moved, God helps her at the turn of the morning!

God is within her: she cannot be shaken. God helps her at the turn of the morning.

6 Nations have been troubled, Kingdoms have been moved, He has given forth with His voice—earth melts.

Nations roared, kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, earth melted away.

7 YHWH of Hosts [is] with us, The God of Jacob [is] a tower for us. (Selah)

On our side is the Lord of hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob.

8 Come, see the works of YHWH, Who has done astonishing things in the earth,

Come and see what the Lord has done, working appallingly in the earth.

9 Causing wars to cease, To the end of the earth, He shatters the bow, And He has cut apart the spear, He burns chariots with fire.

He stills wars to the ends of the earth – breaking the bow, snapping the spear, burning the chariots in the fire.

10 Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

“Refrain; and know surely that I am God, high over the nations, high over the world.”

11 YHWH of hosts [is] with us, The God of Jacob [is] a tower for us! (Selah)

On our side is the Lord of Hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob. (Selah)