God Is Our Refuge and Strength// 2 Kings 18:13–16; 2 Chronicles 32:1–8
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.
- PS 46:1[NOTABLE]When everything shakes, God is the safe place to run.
- PS 46:1[NOTE]A MIGHTY FORTRESS. Martin Luther wrote his most famous hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, from this psalm, about 1529.
- PS 46:1[NOTE]ALAMOTH may mean young women, maybe for high voices like a soprano part.
2Therefore we will not fear,
though the earth is transformed
and the mountains are toppled
into the depths of the seas,
3though their waters roar and foam
and 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.
7Yahweh of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8Come, see the works of Yahweh,
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 shields in 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.”
- PS 46:10[NOTE]BE STILL. The Hebrew means let go, stop fighting. God says it to the warring nations, and to us.
11Yahweh of Hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah