Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 <<For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korach. On `alamot. A song.>> God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
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God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.
2 Therefore will we not be afraid, though the eretz changes, Though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
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We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
3 Though the waters of it roar and are troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling of it. Selah.
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Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.
4 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, The holy place of the tents of Ha`Elyon.
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River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city, this sacred haunt of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
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God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn.
6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He uttered his voice, and the eretz melted.
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Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says.
7 The LORD of Hosts is with us. The God of Ya`akov is our refuge. Selah.
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Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.
8 Come, see the works of the LORD, What desolations he has made in the eretz.
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Attention, all! See the marvels of God! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth,
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the eretz. He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear apart. He burns the chariots in the fire.
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Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee.
10 "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the eretz."
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"Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything."
11 The LORD of Hosts is with us. The God of Ya`akov is our refuge. Selah.
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Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.
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