Friday, 5 December 2025

PSALM Forty Six

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

1
God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3
though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.
4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5
God is within her, she will not fall;
    God will help her at break of day.
6
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
    he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7
The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8
Come and see what the Lord has done,
    the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9
He makes wars cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.
10
He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.’
11
The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.