Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' -- A song. God [is] to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
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God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.
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Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.
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though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
4 A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God [is] in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!
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God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
6 Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.
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Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 Jehovah of Hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob. Selah.
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The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,
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Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.
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He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
10 Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
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He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 Jehovah of hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob! Selah.
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The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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