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For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:1 · World English Bible
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  • KJV God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • BSB For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  • NKJV God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
  • NASB God is our refuge and strength, A very ready help in trouble.
  • NLT God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Ps 145:18Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
  • Ps 9:9Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
  • Prov 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
  • Ps 62:7–8With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
  • Ps 91:1–9He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 142:5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  • Ps 46:11Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Deut 4:7For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
  • Prov 14:26In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
  • Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
  • 2 Sam 22:17–20He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
  • Gen 22:14Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
  • Ps 46:7Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 14:6You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
  • Luke 13:34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
  • Ps 66:1For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
  • Ps 84:1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
  • Ps 85:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
  • Ps 48:1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
  • Ps 87:1A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
  • 1 Chr 15:20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 46:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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