Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of 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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So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths;
3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. [Selah]
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even if the seas roar and rage, and the hills are shaken by the violence.
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 that brings joy to the city of God, to the sacred house of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early.
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God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn he will come to its aid.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
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Nations are terrified, kingdoms are shaken; God thunders, and the earth dissolves.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah]
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The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has wrought desolations in the earth.
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Come and see what the Lord has done. See what amazing things he has done on earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, he burns the chariots with fire!
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He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows, destroys spears, and sets shields on 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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"Stop fighting," he says, "and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world."
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah]
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The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.