1 To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.
2 God [is] a refuge and strength to us; a help in distresses, very readily found.
3 Therefore will we not fear, in the changing of the earth and in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas;
4 Its waters roar, they are troubled; the mountains tremble with its pride. Selah.
5 [There is] a river; its streams make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
6 God [is] in her midst: she shall not be moved: God shall help her at the appearing (or turn) of morning.
7 Nations raged, kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice; the earth melteth.
8 Jehovah of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] a refuge to us. Selah.
9 Come, behold the works of Jehovah, who hath set desolations in the earth,
10 Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear; he burneth the chariots in the fire.
11 Leave off, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.
12 Jehovah of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
Notes on Psalm 46
It is “To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah, upon Alamoth, a song.” This is the calm but joyful answer to the taunts of all their foes without who asked, Where is thy God? Their refuge and strength, their refuge in distress very readily found, God is owned Most High and Jehovah of hosts, the God of Jacob, but God as He is in His own nature exalted among the nations and in the earth as He will be.