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God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.^[a] A Song.

 God is our refuge and strength,
   a very present^[b] help in trouble.
² Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
   though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
³ though its waters roar and foam,
   though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

⁴ There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
⁵ God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
⁶ The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
⁷ The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

⁸ Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
⁹ He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
¹⁰ “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 of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
2. Psalm 46:1 Or well proved

Cross references:

1. Psalm 46:1 : Ps. 42, title
2. Psalm 46:1 : 1 Chr. 15:20
3. Psalm 46:1 : See Ps. 14:6
4. Psalm 46:1 : Ps. 145:18; Deut. 4:7
5. Psalm 46:1 : Ps. 9:9
6. Psalm 46:2 : [Ps. 18:7]
7. Psalm 46:2 : Ezek. 27:26
8. Psalm 46:3 : [Ps. 93:3, 4; Jer. 5:22]
9. Psalm 46:4 : Ps. 36:8; 65:9; [Isa. 8:6; 33:21; Rev. 22:1, 2]
10. Psalm 46:4 : Ps. 48:1; 87:3; [Isa. 60:14]
11. Psalm 46:4 : Ps. 43:3; 84:1
12. Psalm 46:5 : 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
13. Psalm 46:6 : Ps. 2:1
14. Psalm 46:6 : Ps. 18:13; 68:33; 76:8; Jer. 25:30; Joel 2:11; 3:16; Amos 1:2
15. Psalm 46:6 : Ex. 15:15; Josh. 2:9, 24; Amos 9:5
16. Psalm 46:7 : ver. 11; 2 Chr. 13:12; 20:17; [Num. 14:9]
17. Psalm 46:8 : Ps. 66:5
18. Psalm 46:9 : Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3
19. Psalm 46:9 : Ps. 76:3; 1 Sam. 2:4
20. Psalm 46:9 : Ezek. 39:9
21. Psalm 46:10 : [Ex. 14:13]
22. Psalm 46:10 : Isa. 2:11, 17; 33:10
23. Psalm 46:11 : [See ver. 7 above]; ver. 11; 2 Chr. 13:12; 20:17; [Num. 14:9]