Psalm 46
Psalm 46
STROUDWATER  |  Same-Tune Hymns  |  Bible Passage
Author: 1650 Scottish Psalter
Musician: Wilkins' Psalmody, c. 1730

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   1  God is our refuge and our strength,
         in straits a present aid;
   2  Therefore, although the earth remove,
         we will not be afraid:
      Though hills amidst the seas be cast;
   3     Though waters roaring make,
      And troubled be; yea, though the hills
         by swelling seas do shake.

   4  A river is, whose streams do glad
         the city of our God;
      The holy place, wherein the Lord
         most high hath his abode.
   5  God in the midst of her doth dwell;
         nothing shall her remove:
      The Lord to her an helper will,
         and that right early, prove.

   6  The heathen raged tumultuously,
         the kingdoms movèd were:
      The Lord God utterèd his voice,
         the earth did melt for fear.
   7  The Lord of hosts upon our side
         doth constantly remain:
      The God of Jacob's our refuge,
         us safely to maintain.

   8  Come, and behold what wondrous works
         have by the Lord been wrought;
      Come, see what desolätions
         he on the earth hath brought.
   9  Unto the ends of all the earth
         wars into peace he turns:
      The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
         in fire the chariot burns.

  10  Be still, and know that I am God;
         among the heathen I
      Will be exalted; I on earth
         will be exalted high.
  11  Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
         is still upon our side;
      The God of Jacob our refuge
         for ever will abide.


OTHER HYMNS with the SAME TUNE:

•   Who Can Divide Us?  Scottish Psalter, 1880


BIBLE PASSAGE:

1 ¶ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 ¶ The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.