Psalms 46:3

(46:4) [When] the waters thereof roar and foam, when mountains quake before his majesty. Selah.

Leeser Tanakh

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(46:3) Therefore will we not fear, even when the earth is transformed, and when mountains are moved into the heart of the seas;

4(46:5) [There] is a river, its rivulets cause to rejoice the city of God, the sanctuary of the dwellings of the Most High.

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and, behold, the Lord passed by, and a wind, great and strong, rending the mountains, and breaking in pieces the rocks [went] before the Lord; but not in the wind was the Lord: and after the wind was an earthquake: but not in the earthquake was the Lord;

Job 38:11And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed [thy strength] in the pride of thy waves?

Psalms 93:3The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their waves.

Isaiah 5:3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may depart, and the hills may be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith he that hath mercy on thee, the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:22Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over 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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