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1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
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God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
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Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
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Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. [Selah
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
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There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
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God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
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The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah
8 Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
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Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
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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 chariots in the fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
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Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah
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