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Psalm 46:1-11

Be Still and Know

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Be Still and Know

Psalm 46:1-11

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This song belongs to the Psalms collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Psalms
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Psalms
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God is where we go and what holds us up, Help that is already here when the trouble starts. So we are not going to be afraid Even if the earth gets moved And the mountains are carried into the middle of the sea, Even if the water roars and churns And the hills shake with the swell of it. There is a river, and its streams Make the city of God glad, The holy place where the Most High lives. God is in the middle of her; she will not be moved. God will help her, and He will do it early. The nations went wild, the kingdoms were shaken. He let out His voice and the earth melted. The Lord who commands heaven's armies is here with us; Jacob's God is the place we run to. Come and look at what the Lord has done, At the ruins He has left across the earth. He stops wars to the far end of the world; He snaps the bow and cuts the spear through And burns the chariot in the fire. Let go. Stand quiet. Understand that I am God. They will lift Me high among the nations; They will lift Me high across the earth. The Lord who commands heaven's armies is here with us; Jacob's God is the place we run to.

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Psalms 46: The city held while the world shakes

Psalm 46 removes almost every ordinary ground of stability and then asks what remains. Earth moves, mountains fall into the sea, waters roar, kingdoms rage, and the earth melts at the voice of God. Against that shaking landscape stands a different water, a river whose streams make glad the city of God. The city is not steady because stone is stronger than the sea; “God is in the midst of her.” The final scene turns from refuge to disarmament as bows are broken, spears cut apart, and chariots burned. “Be still” therefore arrives as a command inside a world of warfare, not merely as advice for private quiet. The repeated refrain supplies the psalm’s answer to upheaval: “The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.” Presence, rather than an untroubled world, is the ground of confidence.

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