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Psalms 46:3

though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Isaiah 5:3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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