Psalm 46
This psalm is a hymn of confident trust in God as an unshakeable refuge and strength amidst chaos and turmoil. It celebrates God's presence in His city and His ultimate triumph over all nations. It is prayed in times of great fear, natural disaster, war, or when seeking reassurance of God's steadfast protection.
Protection
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
3 though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
5 God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
7 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, see Yahweh’s works, what desolations he has made on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”
11 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Hebrew numbering, the one used in most Bibles and searches. In Catholic liturgy (Greek numbering) this psalm may appear one number lower between 10 and 147.