New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
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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.
2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.
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Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.
3 Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude
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Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.
4 A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High.
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A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
5 God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.
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God [is] in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!
6 The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!
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Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.
7 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
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Jehovah of Hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob. Selah.
8 Come, see the glorious works of the LORD : See how he brings destruction upon the world.
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Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,
9 He causes wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and snaps the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
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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.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.”
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Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
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Jehovah of hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob! Selah.