Psalm 46

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 137 Stroudwater, 41 Colchester, 150 Ladywell

1   God is our refuge and our strength,

            in straits a present aid;

2    Therefore, although the earth remove,

            we will not be afraid:

      Though hills amidst the seas be cast;

3         Though waters roaring make,

      And troubled be; yea, though the hills

            by swelling seas do shake.

4    A river is, whose streams do glad

            the city of our God;

      The holy place, wherein the Lord

            most high hath his abode.

5    God in the midst of her doth dwell;

            nothing shall her remove:

      The Lord to her an helper will,

            and that right early, prove.

6    The heathen rag’d tumultuously,

            the kingdoms moved were:

      The Lord God uttered his voice,

            the earth did melt for fear.

7    The Lord of hosts upon our side

            doth constantly remain:

      The God of Jacob’s our refuge,

            us safely to maintain.

8    Come, and behold what wondrous works

            have by the Lord been wrought;

      Come, see what desolations

            he on the earth hath brought.

9    Unto the ends of all the earth

            wars into peace he turns:

      The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,

            in fire the chariot burns.

10  Be still, and know that I am God;

            among the heathen I

      Will be exalted; I on earth

            will be exalted high.

11  Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,

            is still upon our side;

      The God of Jacob our refuge

            for ever will abide.