Psalms 46:3

\46:2\For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

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In The King James Version

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

In Context

2\46:1\God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

4\46:3\Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:11Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

Job 38:11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

Psalms 93:3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.

Isaiah 5:3And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.

Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

Jeremiah 5:22Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:2-6

God the Protection of His People. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God… Read the whole commentary →

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