The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
The psalm’s refrain: the Lord of hosts is with us, and the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Psalm 46:5
Psalm 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
God is in the midst of His city, and it will not be moved. Help comes at the break of day.
KJVPsalm 46:5 in context
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. 5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.
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