For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song.

     1             God is our refuge and strength,

         an ever-present help in trouble.

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

         and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

     3             though its waters roar and foam

         and the mountains quake with their surging.

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

         the holy place where the Most High dwells.

     5             God is within her, she will not fall;

         God will help her at break of day.

     6             Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;

         he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

     7             The Lord Almighty is with us;

         the God of Jacob is our fortress.

     8             Come and see what the Lord has done,

         the desolations he has brought on the earth.

     9             He makes wars cease

         to the ends of the earth.

                  He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

         he burns the shields with fire.

     10            He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

         I will be exalted among the nations,

         I will be exalted in the earth.”

     11            The Lord Almighty is with us;

         the God of Jacob is our fortress.