Psalm 46 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 For the music director by the sons of Korah. According to alamoth, a song. God is our protection and our strength; always ready to help when troubles come.
1 Al Músico principal: de los hijos de Coré: Salmo sobre Alamoth. DIOS es nuestro amparo y fortaleza, nuestro pronto auxilio en las tribulaciones.
1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 So we will not be afraid though the earth shakes, though the mountains fall into the depths of the sea,
2 Por tanto no temeremos aunque la tierra sea removida; aunque se traspasen los montes al corazón de la mar.
2 Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
3 though the waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble as the waters surge violently! Selah.
3 Bramarán, turbaránse sus aguas; temblarán los montes á causa de su braveza. (Selah.)
3 though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.
4 A river flows to bring happiness to those in God's city, the holy place where the Most High lives.
4 Del río sus conductos alegrarán la ciudad de Dios, el santuario de las tiendas del Altísimo.
4 There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of the city; it will never fall. God protects it as soon as it is light.
5 Dios está en medio de ella; no será conmovida: Dios la ayudará al clarear la mañana.
5 God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
6 Nations are in turmoil, kingdoms collapse. God raises his voice and the earth melts.
6 Bramaron las gentes, titubearon los reinos; dió él su voz, derritióse la tierra.
6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
7 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob protects us. Selah.
7 Jehová de los ejércitos es con nosotros; nuestro refugio es el Dios de Jacob. (Selah.)
7 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come and see what the Lord has achieved! See the amazing things he has done on the earth!
8 Venid, ved las obras de Jehová, que ha puesto asolamientos en la tierra.
8 Come, see Yahweh’s works, what desolations he has made on the earth.
9 He stops wars all over the world. He smashes the bow; he breaks the spear; he sets shields on fire.
9 Que hace cesar las guerras hasta los fines de la tierra: que quiebra el arco, corta la lanza, y quema los carros en el fuego.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
10 Stop fighting! Recognize I am God! I am the ruler of the nations; I am the ruler of the earth.
10 Estad quietos, y conoced que yo soy Dios: ensalzado he de ser entre las gentes, ensalzado seré en la tierra.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob protects us. Selah.
11 Jehová de los ejércitos es con nosotros; nuestro refugio es el Dios de Jacob. (Selah.)
11 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 145:18; Psalm 9:9; Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 62:7–8; Psalm 91:1–9
- 2 Psalm 23:4; Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 27:3; Luke 21:9–11; Matthew 21:21
- 3 Psalm 93:3–4; Jeremiah 5:22; Job 9:5–6; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5
- 4 Revelation 22:1–3; Ezekiel 47:1–12; Psalm 36:8–9; Psalm 87:3; Psalm 48:8
- 5 Zechariah 2:5; Joel 2:27; Zephaniah 3:15; Zechariah 2:10–11; Psalm 62:2
- 6 Amos 9:5; Psalm 18:13; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:5–6; Micah 1:4
- 7 Romans 8:31; Psalm 9:9; Numbers 14:9; 2 Chronicles 13:12; Matthew 28:20
- 8 Psalm 66:5; Isaiah 24:1; Psalm 92:4–6; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 34:2–17
- 9 Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3–4; Micah 5:10; Isaiah 60:18; Joshua 11:9
- 10 Psalm 100:3; Habakkuk 2:20; Ezekiel 38:23; Zechariah 2:13; Psalm 83:18
- 11 Deuteronomy 33:27; Jeremiah 16:19; Psalm 46:1; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 48:3
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
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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)