Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Study Guide
Psalms 46
Aperçu
A Korahite psalm of trust declaring God as refuge, strength, and very present help in trouble. The earth may change and mountains fall into the sea, but there is a river whose streams make glad the city of God. The psalm calls for stillness and knowing God's sovereignty with the declaration 'The Lord of hosts is with us.'
Key Verses
Psalms 46:3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psalms 46:4
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psalms 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
Psalms 46:6
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Full Text
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.