God Is Our Fortress
To the choirmaster. Of Ps. 42, titlethe Sons of Korah. According to 1 Chr. 15:20Alamoth.46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Song.
1 God is our See Ps. 14:6refuge and strength,
a very Ps. 145:18;Deut. 4:7present46:1 Or well proved help in Ps. 9:9trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear [Ps. 18:7] though the earth give way,
though the mountains be moved into Ezek. 27:26the heart of the sea,
3 though [Ps. 93:3,4;Jer. 5:22]its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4 There is Ps. 36:8;65:9;[Isa. 8:6;33:21;Rev. 22:1,2] a river whose streams make glad Ps. 48:1;87:3;[Isa. 60:14] the city of God,
the holy Ps. 43:3;84:1habitation of the Most High.
5 Lev. 26:12;Deut. 23:14;Isa. 12:6;Ezek. 43:7,9;Hos. 11:9;Joel 2:27;Zeph. 3:15;Zech. 2:5,10,11;8:3God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 Ps. 2:1The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he Ps. 18:13;68:33;76:8;Jer. 25:30;Joel 2:11;3:16;Amos 1:2utters his voice, the earth Ex. 15:15;Josh. 2:9,24;Amos 9:5melts.
7 ver. 11;2 Chr. 13:12;20:17;[Num. 14:9]The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 Ps. 66:5Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 Isa. 2:4;Mic. 4:3He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he Ps. 76:3;1 Sam. 2:4breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
Ezek. 39:9he burns the chariots with fire.
10 [Ex. 14:13] "Be still, and know that I am God.
Isa. 2:11,17;33:10I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
11 [See ver. 7above]The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah