Psalm 46:3

Translations

Modern

…though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Traditional

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Literal

…its waters roar and foam, and the mountains quake in its rising. Selah

Latin

Sonuerunt, et turbatæ sunt aquæ eorum; conturbati sunt montes in fortitudine ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

…though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Notes

Psalms 46:1–3

Even during natural disasters, the citizens of Zion show no fear.

Psalms 46:1–11

This psalm of Zion celebrates God's special presence in Jerusalem (see also Psalms 48, 76, 87, 122). It encourages trust in the Lord because the people of Zion have his protection.

Theme notes and profiles

Praise Psalms Salvation in the Psalms

Related verses

Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Psalm 93:3–4
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Job 9:5–6
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
Judges 5:4–5
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
Micah 1:4
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
Psalm 114:4–7
…the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Revelation 16:20
Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
Isaiah 5:3
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
Psalm 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Matthew 7:25
The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
Job 38:11
…and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Parallels

2 Kings 18:13–16 2 Chronicles 32:1–8

People

Selah: A musical or liturgical term of uncertain meaning

Glossary

Alamoth David Korahite, Korathite Music Numbers, Book of Psalms, Book of Zion

Topics

Assurance: Saints Privileged to Have, of Preservation Assurance: Saints Privileged to Have: Preservation Climate Change Earthquakes: Frequently Accompanied by Convulsion and Receding of the Sea Earthquakes: General Scriptures Concerning Faith: Exemplified

Psalm 46:3

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