Psalms 46
46
PSALM 46
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician, for the sons of Korah,
A Song upon Alomoth.
1God is our refuge and our strength,
in straits a present aid;
2Therefore, although the earth remove,
we will not be afraid:
Though hills amidst the seas be cast;
3Though waters roaring make,
And troubled be; yea, though the hills,
by swelling seas do shake.
4A river is, whose streams do glad
the city of our God;
The holy place, wherein the Lord
most high hath his abode.
5God in the midst of her doth dwell;
nothing shall her remove:
The Lord to her an helper will,
and that right early, prove.
6The heathen rag'd tumultuously,
the kingdoms moved were:
The Lord God uttered his voice,
the earth did melt for fear.
7The Lord of hosts upon our side
doth constantly remain:
The God of Jacob's our refuge,
us safely to maintain.
8Come, and behold what wondrous works
have by the Lord been wrought;
Come, see what desolations
he on the earth hath brought.
9Unto the ends of all the earth
wars into peace he turns:
The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
in fire the chariot burns.
10Be still, and know that I am God;
among the heathen I
Will be exalted; I on earth
will be exalted high.
11Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
is still upon our side;
The God of Jacob our refuge
for ever will abide.
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Psalms 46
46
God, the Protector of Zion
1For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth.#Alamoth: the melody of the Psalm, now lost.
I
2God is our refuge and our strength,
an ever-present help in distress.#Ps 48:4; Is 33:2.
3#Figurative ancient Near Eastern language to describe social and political upheavals.Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken
and mountains quake to the depths of the sea,
4Though its waters rage and foam
and mountains totter at its surging.#Ps 93:3–4; Jb 9:5–6; Is 24:18–20; 54:10.
Selah
II
5#Jerusalem is not situated on a river. This description derives from mythological descriptions of the divine abode and symbolizes the divine presence as the source of all life (cf. Is 33:21; Ez 47:1–12; Jl 4:18; Zec 14:8; Rev 22:1–2).Streams of the river gladden the city of God,
the holy dwelling of the Most High.#Ps 48:2–3; 76:3.
6God is in its midst; it shall not be shaken;
God will help it at break of day.#Is 7:14.
7Though nations rage and kingdoms totter,
he utters his voice and the earth melts.#Ps 2:1–5; 48:5–8; 76:7–9; Is 17:12–14.
8#The first line of the refrain is similar in structure and meaning to Isaiah’s name for the royal child, Emmanuel, With us is God (Is 7:14; 8:8, 10).The Lord of hosts is with us;
our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Selah
III
9Come and see the works of the Lord,
who has done fearsome deeds on earth;#Ps 48:9–10.
10Who stops wars to the ends of the earth,
breaks the bow, splinters the spear,
and burns the shields with fire;#Ps 76:4.
11#Ps 48:11.“Be still and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations,
exalted on the earth.”
12The Lord of hosts is with us;
our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Selah
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