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Psalm 46 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

God the Refuge of his People.

Psa 46:1
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Psa 46:2
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,
And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
Psa 46:3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof.
[Selah
Psa 46:4
There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Psa 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God will help her, and that right early.
Psa 46:6
The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved:
He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psa 46:7
Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
[Selah
Psa 46:8
Come, behold the works of Jehovah,
What desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psa 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;
He burneth the chariots in the fire.
Psa 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psa 46:11
Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
[Selah
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.