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Psalm 46 :: New International Version (NIV)

Psa 46:1

Psa 46:1[fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[fn] A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Psa 46:2

Psa 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

Psa 46:3

Psa 46:3though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.[fn]

Psa 46:4

Psa 46:4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Psa 46:5

Psa 46:5God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

Psa 46:6

Psa 46:6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

Psa 46:7

Psa 46:7The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Psa 46:8

Psa 46:8Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.

Psa 46:9

Psa 46:9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields[fn] with fire.

Psa 46:10

Psa 46:10He says, “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

Psa 46:11The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
Title: Probably a musical term
The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.
Or chariots
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