Psalms 46
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Psalms 46
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For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. | To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble. |
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; | For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea; |
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah | Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.) |
There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. | There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High. |
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early. | God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning. |
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted. | The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax. |
Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah | The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.) |
Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth. | Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth. |
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire. | He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire. |
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. | Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth. |
Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah | The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.) |