Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.

King James Version

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Holman Bible

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.

International Standard Version

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

A Conservative Version

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

American Standard Version

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Amplified

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

Bible in Basic English

God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

Darby Translation

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song.} God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

Julia Smith Translation

To the overseer for the sons of Korah, with the female voice: a song. O God, to us refuge and strength, helping greatly, being found in straits

King James 2000

[To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah. A song upon alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Lexham Expanded Bible

God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.

Modern King James verseion

To the Chief Musician. For the sons of Korah. A Song "For the Virgins". God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

NET Bible

For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

New Heart English Bible

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

The Emphasized Bible

God - for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.

Webster

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

World English Bible

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Youngs Literal Translation

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

References

American

Fausets

Images Psalm 46:1

Context Readings

A Royal Wedding Song

1 For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea.

Cross References

Psalm 62:7-8

My salvation and my glory depend on God. God is the rock of my strength, my refuge.

Psalm 145:18

Jehovah is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Psalm 46:11

Jehovah of Hosts is with us! The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Genesis 22:14

Abraham named that place Jehovah Will Provide. It is still said today: It will be provided on the mountain of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 4:7

What great nation is there, who has God so near to them? For we call on Jehovah our God for all things!

Psalm 9:9

Jehovah is a refuge for the oppressed, a place of safety in times of trouble.

Psalm 14:6

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

2 Samuel 22:17-20

You reached down from high above and took hold of me. You pulled me out of the raging water.

Psalm 46:7

Jehovah of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Psalm 91:1-9

He who lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 14:26

Respect for Jehovah builds strong confidence. Your children will have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower. The righteous runs into it for protection.

Hebrews 6:18

God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is impossible for God to lie. These two things can never be changed.

Psalm 84:1

([Psalm of Korah]) How lovely are your dwelling places, O Jehovah of Hosts!

Psalm 85:1

([Psalm of Korah]) You favored your land, O Jehovah. You restored the prosperity of Jacob.

1 Chronicles 15:20

Zechariah, Jaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were appointed to play harps tuned according to alamoth.

Psalm 48:1

([Sons of Korah]) Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, his sacred mountain.

Psalm 66:1

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!

Psalm 87:1

([Psalm of Korah]) His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Psalm 142:5

I call out to you, O Jehovah. I say: You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world of the living.

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets! You stone those sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings. But you would not have it!

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