Psalm 46 Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650

Psalm 46
Scottish Metrical Psalm 1650

To the chief Musician, for the sons of Korah,
A Song upon Alomoth.

   1  God is our refuge and our strength,
      in straits a present aid;
2  Therefore, although the earth remove,
      we will not be afraid:

      Though hills amidst the seas be cast;
3     Though waters roaring make,
   And troubled be; yea, though the hills,
      by swelling seas do shake.

   4  A river is, whose streams do glad
      the city of our God;
   The holy place, wherein the Lord
      most high hath his abode.

   5  God in the midst of her doth dwell;
      nothing shall her remove:
   The Lord to her an helper will,
      and that right early, prove.

   6  The heathen raged tumultuously,
      the kingdoms moved were:
   The Lord God uttered his voice,
      the earth did melt for fear.

   7  The Lord of hosts upon our side
      doth constantly remain:
   The God of Jacob's our refuge,
      us safely to maintain.

   8  Come, and behold what wondrous works
      have by the Lord been wrought;
   Come, see what desolations
      he on the earth hath brought.

   9  Unto the ends of all the earth
      wars into peace he turns:
   The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
      in fire the chariot burns.

  10  Be still, and know that I am God;
      among the heathen I
   Will be exalted; I on earth
      will be exalted high.

  11  Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
      is still upon our side;
   The God of Jacob our refuge
      for ever will abide.