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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very 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 should change, though the mountains shake in 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, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. (Selah)
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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 habitation of the Most High.
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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 in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
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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 The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters 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 of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. (Selah)
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The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what 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 end 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 "Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am 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 of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. (Selah)
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The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
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