Psalms 46

1Unto the end, for the sons of Core.

1 God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

1 God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

2O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of joy,

2 Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;

2For 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;

3For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.

3 Though the waters thereof roar [and] foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

3Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

4He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.

4 There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city ofGod, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High.

4There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

5He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:God shall help her at the dawn of the morning.

5God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

6God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

6The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

7Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; theGod of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

7The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

8For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.

8 Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth:

8Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

9God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

9 He hath made 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.

9He 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.

10The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.

10 Be still, and know that I amGod: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

10Be 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.

11(not in this translation)

11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; theGod of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

11The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)