Psalm 46
46
God Is Our Fortress
To the choirmaster. Of #Ps. 42, title the Sons of Korah. According to #1 Chr. 15:20Alamoth.#46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Song.
1God is our #See Ps. 14:6 refuge and strength,
a very #Ps. 145:18; Deut. 4:7 present#46:1 Or well proved help in #Ps. 9:9trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear #[Ps. 18:7] though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into #Ezek. 27:26the heart of the sea,
3though #[Ps. 93:3, 4; Jer. 5:22]its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4There is #Ps. 36:8; 65:9; [Isa. 8:6; 33:21; Rev. 22:1, 2] a river whose streams make glad #Ps. 48:1; 87:3; [Isa. 60:14] the city of God,
the holy #Ps. 43:3; 84:1habitation of the Most High.
5 #
Lev. 26:12; Deut. 23:14; Isa. 12:6; Ezek. 43:7, 9; Hos. 11:9; Joel 2:27; Zeph. 3:15; Zech. 2:5, 10, 11; 8:3 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 #
Ps. 2:1 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he #Ps. 18:13; 68:33; 76:8; Jer. 25:30; Joel 2:11; 3:16; Amos 1:2 utters his voice, the earth #Ex. 15:15; Josh. 2:9, 24; Amos 9:5melts.
7 # ver. 11; 2 Chr. 13:12; 20:17; [Num. 14:9] The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 #
Ps. 66:5
Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 #
Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he #Ps. 76:3; 1 Sam. 2:4 breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
#
Ezek. 39:9
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 # [Ex. 14:13] “Be still, and know that I am God.
#
Isa. 2:11, 17; 33:10 I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 # [See ver. 7 above] The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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