Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble' — one of the most memorized verses in the Psalter, this opening line of Psalm 46 became the theological wellspring for Luther's 'A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,' the anthem of the Reformation. The Hebrew 'present help' (nimtsa me'od) is more literally 'abundantly found' — God is not occasionally discoverable but lavishly available in trouble. The psalm's threefold structure (verses 1-3, 4-7, 8-11) moves from natural upheaval to city security to universal peace, all anchored in the divine presence expressed in the opening verse.
תרגומים נוספים
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
הפניות צולבות
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He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his …