1 Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, for confidants. A Psalm. 2 Our God is our refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us. 3 Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea. 4 They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them; the mountains have been disturbed by his strength. 5 The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God. The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. 6 God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. God will assist it in the early morning. 7 The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down. He uttered his voice: the earth has been moved. 8 The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our supporter. 9 Draw near and behold the works of the Lord: what portents he has set upon the earth, 10 carrying away wars even to the end of the earth. He will crush the bow and break the weapons, and he will burn the shield with fire. 11 Be empty, and see that I am God. I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth. 12 The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our supporter.
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Psalm 45 (46) Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 145:18; Psalm 9:9; Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 62:7–8; Psalm 91:1–9
- 2 Psalm 145:18; Psalm 9:9; Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 62:7–8; Psalm 91:1–9
- 3 Psalm 23:4; Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 27:3; Luke 21:9–11; Matthew 21:21
- 4 Psalm 93:3–4; Jeremiah 5:22; Job 9:5–6; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5
- 5 Revelation 22:1–3; Ezekiel 47:1–12; Psalm 36:8–9; Psalm 87:3; Psalm 48:8
- 6 Zechariah 2:5; Joel 2:27; Zephaniah 3:15; Zechariah 2:10–11; Psalm 62:2
- 7 Amos 9:5; Psalm 18:13; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:5–6; Micah 1:4
- 8 Romans 8:31; Psalm 9:9; Numbers 14:9; 2 Chronicles 13:12; Matthew 28:20
- 9 Psalm 66:5; Isaiah 24:1; Psalm 92:4–6; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 34:2–17
- 10 Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3–4; Micah 5:10; Isaiah 60:18; Joshua 11:9
- 11 Psalm 100:3; Habakkuk 2:20; Ezekiel 38:23; Zechariah 2:13; Psalm 83:18
- 12 Deuteronomy 33:27; Jeremiah 16:19; Psalm 46:1; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 48:3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 46.
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Why need I explain what is meant by, "for the things that shall be changed"? Every one who is himself "changed," recognises the meaning of this. Let him who hears this, "for the things that shall be changed," consider what was before, and what is now.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… you?" But now not in his own voice, but in Thine who sentest Thy Spirit from above; through Him who "ascended up on high," and set open the flood-gates of His gifts, that the force of His streams might make glad the city of God. For, for Him doth "the friend of the bridegroom" sigh, having now the first-fruits of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hast thou run so many circles of the years busied in vain about the world, and hast thou not forty days to be free (for prayer ), for thine own soul's sake? Be still, and know that I am God, saith the Scripture.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
One of the sacred Psalmists says, "Come, behold the works of the Lord, what prodigies He hath wrought in the earth." Why God made woman out of man's side, and what this first prodigy prefigured, I shall, with God's help, tell in another place.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
There shall be accomplished the words of the psalm, "Be still, and know that I am God." There shall be the great Sabbath which has no evening, which God celebrated among His first works, as it is written, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works which He had made.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)