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 87
He has founded it upon a holy hill
: and the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things shall be spoken of you
: O Zion, city of our God.
I might speak of my kinsmen in Egypt or in Babylon
: in Philistia, Tyre or Nubia, where each was born.
But of Zion it shall be said
: many were born in her, he that is Most High has established her.
When the Lord draws up the record of the nations
: he shall take note where every man was born.
And the singers and the dancers together
: shall make their song to your name.