For the leader. Of the Korahites, on alamoth. A song.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 So we have no fear, though earth should change,
and the hills totter into the heart of the ocean.
3 Let its waters roar and foam,
let the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
On our side is the Lord of hosts,
our sure defence is the God of Jacob.
4 A river there is, whose streams make glad
God’s city, the home the Most High has hallowed.
5 God is within her: she cannot be shaken.
God helps her at the turn of the morning.
6 Nations roared, kingdoms tottered:
he uttered his voice, earth melted away.
7 On our side is the Lord of hosts,
our sure defence is the God of Jacob.
8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
working appallingly in the earth.
9 He stills wars to the ends of the earth –
breaking the bow, snapping the spear,
burning the chariots in the fire.
10 “Refrain; and know surely that I am God,
high over the nations, high over the world.”
11 On our side is the Lord of Hosts,
our sure defence is the God of Jacob.