Psalm 46
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Summary
Refuge and strength can both be found in God and his commandments.
| KJV | JST |
| (1) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. | (1) God is our refuge and strength, a |
| (2) Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; | (2) Therefore we will not fear, though the earth shall be removed, and though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea. |
| (3) Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. | (3) And the waters thereof roar, being troubled, and the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. |
| (4) There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. | (4) Yet there shall be a river, the stream whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy |
| (5) God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. | (5) For Zion shall come, and God shall be in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her |
| (6) The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. | (6) The heathen shall be enraged, and their kingdoms shall be moved. And the Lord shall utter his voice, and the earth shall be melted. |
| (7) The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. | (7) The Lord of Hosts who shall be with us, the God of Jacob |
| (8) Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. | (8) Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he shall make in the earth in the latter days. |
| (10) Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. | (10) And saith unto the nations, Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. |
| (11) The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. | (11) The Lord of hosts shall be with us, the God of Jacob |
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