Psalm 46

 

For the director of music.  Of the Sons of Korah.  According to alamoth.[a]  A song.

 

 

1                    God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

 

2                    Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

 

3                    though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

Selah

 

4                    There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

 

5                    God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

 

6                    Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; He lifts His voice, the earth melts.

 

7                    The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Selah

 

8                    Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations He has brought on the earth.

 

9                    He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear, He burns the shields [b] with fire.

 

10               “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

 

11               The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Selah