16 Then (A)justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.
17 And the (B)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (C)quietness and [a]confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (D)peaceful habitation,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed (E)resting places;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:17 Or security

God the Refuge of His People.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, [a]set to Alamoth. A Song.

46 God is our (A)refuge and strength,
[b]A very (B)present help (C)in [c]trouble.
Therefore we will (D)not fear, though (E)the earth should change
And though (F)the mountains slip into the heart of the [d]sea;
Though its (G)waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. [e]Selah.

There is a (H)river whose streams make glad the (I)city of God,
The holy (J)dwelling places of the Most High.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:1 Possibly for soprano voices
  2. Psalm 46:1 Or Abundantly available for help
  3. Psalm 46:1 Or tight places
  4. Psalm 46:2 Lit seas
  5. Psalm 46:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude