11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- KJV King James Version
- God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- ASV American Standard Version
- God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- TO THE OVERSEER. BY SONS OF KORAH. FOR GIRLS’ [VOICES]. A SONG. God [is] our refuge and strength, || A most sure help in adversities.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- God is our protection and our strength; always ready to help when troubles come.
- YLT Young’s 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 45:1 in this edition
- Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ | lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ | For the choirmaster | H5329 נָצַח to conduct |
| לִבְנֵי־ | liḇ·nê- | Of the sons | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
| קֹ֑רַח | qō·raḥ | of Korah | H7141 קֹ֫רַח Korah |
| עַֽל־ | ‘al- | According to | H5921 עַל upon |
| עֲלָמ֥וֹת | ‘ă·lā·mō·wṯ | Alamoth | H5961 עֲלָמוֹת Alamoth |
| שִֽׁיר׃ | šîr | A song | H7892 שִׁיר song |
| אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| לָ֭נוּ | lā·nū | is our | H9005 ל to/for |
| מַחֲסֶ֣ה | ma·ḥă·seh | refuge | H4268 מַחְסֶּה refuge |
| וָעֹ֑ז | wā·‘ōz | and strength | H5797 עֹז strength |
| עֶזְרָ֥ה | ‘ez·rāh | help | H5833 עֶזְרָה help |
| בְ֝צָר֗וֹת | ḇə·ṣā·rō·wṯ | in times of trouble | H6869 בַּצָּרָה dearth |
| נִמְצָ֥א | nim·ṣā | an ever-present | H4672 מָצָא to find |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | mə·’ōḏ | — | H3966 מְאֹד much |
Related verses
- Psalm 145:18
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
- Psalm 9:9
Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
- Proverbs 18:10
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Psalm 62:7–8
With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalm 91:1–9
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. …
- Psalm 142:5
I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
- Psalm 46:11
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
- 2 Samuel 22:17–20
He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
3 though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.
Read all of Psalm 46 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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