Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength
: a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved
: and though the mountains are shaken in the midst of the sea;
Though the waters rage and foam
: and though the mountains quake at the rising of the sea.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God
: the holy dwelling-place of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her, therefore she shall not be moved
: God will help her, and at break of day.
The nations make uproar, and the kingdoms are shaken
: but God has lifted his voice, and the earth shall tremble.
The Lord of hosts is with us
: the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
Come then and see what the Lord has done
: what destruction he has brought upon the earth.
He makes wars to cease in all the world
: he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
and burns the chariots in the fire.
‘Be still, and know that I am God
: I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted upon the earth.’
The Lord of hosts is with us
: the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
Psalm 47
O clap your hands, all you peoples
: and cry aloud to God with shouts of joy.
For the Lord Most High is to be feared
: he is a great King over all the earth.
He cast down peoples under us
: and the nations beneath our feet.
He chose us a land for our possession
: that was the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
God has gone up with the sound of rejoicing
: and the Lord to the blast of the horn.
O sing praises, sing praises to God
: O sing praises, sing praises to our King.
For God is the King of all the earth
: O praise him in a well-wrought psalm.
God has become the King of the nations
: he has taken his seat upon his holy throne.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together
: with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the mighty ones of the earth are become the servants of God
: and he is greatly exalted.