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Psalm 46:1

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

Psalm 46:1, King James Version (KJV)

“For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

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Psalm 46 (KJV)

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.

  1. 1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  2. 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
  3. 3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
  4. 4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
  5. 5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
  6. 6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
  7. 7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  8. 8Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
  9. 9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
  10. 10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
  11. 11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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Passages that readers often connect with Psalm 46:1, in the King James Version.

  • Psalm 145:18

    The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

  • Psalm 9:9

    The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

  • Proverbs 18:10

    The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  • Psalm 62:7–8

    In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. …

  • Psalm 91:1–9

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. …

  • Psalm 46:11

    The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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