Psalm 46

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