Psalm 46

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

¹God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

²Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

³though its waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake with their surging.

⁴There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

the holy place where the Most High dwells.

⁵God is within her, she will not fall;

God will help her at break of day.

⁶Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;

he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

⁷The Lord Almighty is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

⁸Come and see what the Lord has done,

the desolations he has brought on the earth.

⁹He makes wars cease

to the ends of the earth.

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

he burns the shields with fire.

¹⁰He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹The Lord Almighty is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.