The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.
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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
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Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.
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Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city, this sacred haunt of the Most High.
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There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn.
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God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says.
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The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.
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The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Attention, all! See the marvels of God! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth,
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Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee.
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He 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 "Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything."
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Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.
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The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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