Our Refuge and Strength
For the director of music. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song.
Even if the earth gives way and mountains slide into the sea, this city has a river running through it and a resident inside it. Our Father breaks bows and burns shields until war stops, then speaks his one line: be still, and know.
46 1Our Father is our refuge and strength, a help always near in times of trouble. 2So we will not fear, though the earth gives way and the mountains topple into the heart of the sea, 3though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its surging.
4There is a river whose streams bring joy to the city of our Father, the holy dwelling of the Most High. 5Our Father is within her; she will not be shaken. Our Father will help her at the break of dawn. 6Nations rage, kingdoms totter; he lifts his voice, and the earth melts away. 7The Father of heaven's armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. a a v7 "The Father of heaven's armies" renders a Hebrew title for the commander of all heaven's hosts — the same Father who is the unshakable stronghold of his people.
8Come, see the works of our Father, who has brought such devastation on the earth. 9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and snaps the spear, he burns the shields with fire.
10"Be still, and know that I am the Father. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth." b b v10 Other translations read "know that I am God"; FHB hears the Father revealing his own name, calling even the raging nations to cease striving and know him as Father.
11The Father of heaven's armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
