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Psalms 46
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 shall help her, and that right early.
6.The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7.The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8.Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9.He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10.Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11.The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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Why does Psalm 46 tell us to “be still” after describing God's mighty acts?
Psalm 46 first shows God’s power in crisis: a refuge amid shaking mountains and roaring waters, and the LORD who “uttered his voice, the earth melted.” The poem moves from imagery of conflict and divine victory to the assertion that God is present in the holy city, so fear gives way to confidence.
“Be still, and know that I am God” asks for quiet recognition rather than frantic action; it asks the community to receive the reality already declared. This mirrors the witness in Isaiah and Habakkuk where encountering God’s sovereignty produces silence and trust rather than schemes to control events.
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