Old Testament · Psalms

Psalms 46

God Is Our Refuge and Strength

(2 Kings 18:13–16; 2 Chronicles 32:1–8)

1To the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. Upon Alamoth. A Song.

2God is for us a refuge and strength, a help in troubles, very readily found.
3Therefore we will not fear though the earth changes and though the mountains slip into the heart of the seas;
4though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling. Selah.
5A river—its streams make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles^a of the Most High^b.
6God is in her midst; she shall not be moved; God will help her at the turning of morning.
7Nations roared, kingdoms slipped; He gave forth His voice, the earth melts.
8The LORD of hosts^c is with us; a high refuge for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
9Come, behold the works of the LORD, who has set desolations in the earth.
10He makes wars to shabbat to the end of the earth; the bow He breaks and cuts the spear in pieces; the chariots He burns in the fire.
11Let be, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
12The LORD of hosts is with us; a high refuge for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.