Psalm 46: Be Still, and Know That I Am God

God as an ever-present refuge amid earthquakes, roaring seas, and raging nations.

Psalm 46 - Be Still and Know That I Am God

Psalm 46 opens with the declaration that God is 'our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,' the core promise explored at Psalms 46:1. Even if mountains are carried into the sea and waters roar, the psalmist says there is no cause for fear.


The title of the sixte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore.

Alle ye folkis, make ioie with hondis; synge ye hertli to God in the vois of ful out ioiyng.

For the Lord is hiy and ferdful; a greet kyng on al erthe.

He made puplis suget to vs; and hethene men vndur oure feet.

He chees his eritage to vs; the fairnesse of Jacob, whom he louyde.

God stiede in hertli song; and the Lord in the vois of a trumpe.

Synge ye to oure God, synge ye; synge ye to oure kyng, synge ye.

For God is kyng of al erthe; synge ye wiseli.

God schal regne on hethene men; God sittith on his hooli seete.

The princes of puplis ben gaderid togidere with God of Abraham; for the stronge goddis of erthe ben reisid greetli.

A river makes glad the city of God, and the LORD of hosts is named Israel's refuge twice, each time followed by 'Selah.' The chapter closes with the famous command 'Be still, and know that I am God,' echoing the confidence of <a href="/bible/wycliffe/psalms/chapter-100/3">Psalms 100:3</a> and leading into the praise of <a href="/bible/wycliffe/psalms/chapter-47">Psalms 47</a>.