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Psalm 46:1

God is a refuge and a very present help, right now, in this trouble.

Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God is a refuge and a very present help, right now, in this trouble.

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Psalm 46:1 in context

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

Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.

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