Psalms 46

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

1 ^[a]^[b]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.^[c]

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^[d] 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.

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Cross References 38

1. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 14:6; Psalms 37:39; Psalms 61:3; Psalms 73:26; Psalms 91:2,9; Psalms 142:5; Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 16:19; Jeremiah 17:17; Joel 3:16; Nahum 1:7
2. Psalms 18:1
3. Psalms 34:18; Lamentations 3:57; Deuteronomy 4:7
4. Psalms 18:6; Luke 1:54
5. S Deuteronomy 4:30; Psalms 25:17
6. S Genesis 4:7; Psalms 3:6; Psalms 23:4
7. Psalms 82:5; Isaiah 13:13; Isaiah 24:1,19,20; Jeremiah 4:23; Daniel 11:19; Amos 8:14; S Revelation 6:14
8. ver 6; Psalms 18:7; Psalms 97:5; Isaiah 54:10; Amos 9:5; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:6
9. Exodus 15:8
10. Psalms 93:3; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 5:22; Ezekiel 1:24; Revelation 19:6
11. S Job 9:26
12. S Judges 5:5
13. S Genesis 2:10; Revelation 22:1
14. S Psalms 1:3
15. Psalms 48:1,8; Psalms 87:3; Psalms 101:8; Revelation 3:12; Isaiah 60:14
16. Genesis 14:18
17. S 2 Samuel 15:25
18. Deuteronomy 23:14; S Psalms 26:8; Isaiah 12:6; Ezekiel 43:7; Zechariah 2:5
19. Psalms 125:1
20. S 1 Chronicles 5:20; Psalms 37:40
21. S Job 12:23; Psalms 2:1
22. Psalms 74:23; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 17:12
23. Psalms 68:32; Psalms 102:22; Isaiah 13:4,13; Isaiah 23:11; Ezekiel 26:18; Matthew 4:8
24. S Psalms 29:3; Isaiah 33:3
25. S ver 2; Micah 1:4
26. S 1 Samuel 1:11
27. S Genesis 21:22; 2 Chronicles 13:12
28. S Psalms 20:1
29. ver 11; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 9:9
30. Psalms 66:5
31. Isaiah 17:9; Isaiah 64:10; Daniel 9:26; Luke 21:20; Isaiah 61:4
32. Isaiah 2:4
33. S Psalms 37:15; S Isaiah 22:6; Psalms 76:3
34. Isaiah 9:5; Ezekiel 39:9; Hosea 2:18
35. Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Kings 18:36,39; Psalms 100:3; Isaiah 37:16,20; Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21; Ezekiel 36:23
36. Psalms 18:46; Isaiah 2:11
37. S Psalms 20:1
38. S ver 7

Footnotes 4

[a]. In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
[b]. Title: Probably a musical term
[c]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.
[d]. Or "chariots"