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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 refuge and strength, an ever-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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Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into 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 roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
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 city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
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 within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
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Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
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 fortress.
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, the desolations he has brought on the 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 makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with 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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He says, “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 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 fortress.
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