God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.1 A Song.

¹God is our refuge and strength,

a very present2 help in trouble.

²Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,

though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

³though its waters roar and foam,

though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

⁴There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

the holy habitation of the Most High.

⁵God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;

God will help her when morning dawns.

⁶The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;

he utters his voice, the earth melts.

⁷The Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

⁸Come, behold the works of the Lord,

how he has brought desolations on the earth.

⁹He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

he burns the chariots with fire.

¹⁰“Be still, and know that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!”

¹¹The Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

God Is King over All the Earth

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹Clap your hands, all peoples!

Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

²For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared,

a great king over all the earth.

³He subdued peoples under us,

and nations under our feet.

⁴He chose our heritage for us,

the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

⁵God has gone up with a shout,

the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises!

Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

⁷For God is the King of all the earth;

sing praises with a psalm!1

⁸God reigns over the nations;

God sits on his holy throne.

⁹The princes of the peoples gather

as the people of the God of Abraham.

For the shields of the earth belong to God;

he is highly exalted!