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1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
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<To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our 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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For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;
3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
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Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (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 whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents 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 has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
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The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
8 Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
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Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has 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 puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned 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 at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
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