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Psalm 46
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
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Footnotes
God Is Our Refuge and Strength
For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song.
1God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in times of trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear,though the earth is transformedand the mountains are toppledinto the depths of the seas, 3though their waters roar and foamand the mountains quake in the surge.Selah 4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God,the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5God is within her; she will not be moved.God will help her when morning dawns. 6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble;the earth melts when He lifts His voice. 7The LORD of Hosts is with us;the God of Jacob is our fortress.Selah 8Come, see the works of the LORD,who brings devastation upon the earth. 9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth;He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;He burns the shieldsfootnote ain the fire.
10“Be still and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted over the earth.”
11The LORD of Hosts is with us;the God of Jacob is our fortress.Selah
Footnotes
- a 46:9 Or chariots
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