God Is Our Refuge and Strength

(2 Kings 18:13–16; 2 Chronicles 32:1–8)

¹For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.^a A song.

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in times of trouble.

²Therefore we will not fear,

though the earth is transformed

and the mountains are toppled

into the depths of the seas,

³though their waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake in the surge.

Selah

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

the holy place where the Most High dwells.

⁵God is within her; she will not be moved.

God will help her when morning dawns.

⁶Nations rage, kingdoms crumble;

the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

⁷The LORD of Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Selah

⁸Come, see the works of the LORD,

who brings devastation upon the earth.

⁹He makes wars to cease throughout the earth;

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

He burns the shields^b in the fire.

¹⁰“Be still and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted over the earth.”

¹¹The LORD of Hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Selah