Psalm 46–47

God Protects His People

For the director of music. By alamoth. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

46God is our protection and our strength.

He always helps in times of trouble.

²So we will not be afraid even if the earth shakes,

or the mountains fall into the sea,

³even if the oceans roar and foam,

or the mountains shake at the raging sea.

Selah

⁴There is a river that brings joy to the city of God,

the holy place where God Most High lives.

⁵God is in that city, and so it will not be shaken.

God will help her at dawn.

⁶Nations tremble and kingdoms shake.

God shouts and the earth crumbles.

⁷The Lord All-Powerful is with us;

the God of Jacob is our defender.

Selah

⁸Come and see what the Lord has done,

the amazing things he has done on the earth.

⁹He stops wars everywhere on the earth.

He breaks all bows and spears

and burns up the chariots with fire.

¹⁰God says, “Be still and know that I am God.

I will be praised in all the nations;

I will be praised throughout the earth.”

¹¹The Lord All-Powerful is with us;

the God of Jacob is our defender.

Selah

God, the King of the World

For the director of music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

47Clap your hands, all you people.

Shout to God with joy.

²The Lord Most High is wonderful.

He is the great King over all the earth!

³He defeated nations for us

and put them under our control.

⁴He chose the land we would inherit.

We are the children of Jacob, whom he loved.

Selah

⁵God has risen with a shout of joy;

the Lord has risen as the trumpets sounded.

⁶Sing praises to God. Sing praises.

Sing praises to our King. Sing praises.

⁷God is King of all the earth,

so sing a song of praise to him.

⁸God is King over the nations.

God sits on his holy throne.

⁹The leaders of the nations meet

with the people of the God of Abraham,

because the leaders of the earth belong to God.

He is supreme.