Psalms 46:5

God dwells within the city, so it cannot be moved; He helps her at the break of day. It matters because God's indwelling presence guarantees His people's security and timely help.

Cross-references · 23

• Zech 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
• Joel 2:27Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
• Zeph 3:15The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
• Zech 2:10–11“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
• Ezek 43:7and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
• Ps 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
• Isa 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
• Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
• Ps 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
• Ps 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
• Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
• Zech 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
• Deut 23:14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
• Ezek 43:9Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
• Ps 37:40The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
• Hos 11:9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
• Luke 18:8I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
• Ps 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
• Ps 143:8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
• Ps 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
• Rev 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
• Exod 14:24At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
• Exod 14:27So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.

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