Psalms 46

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1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 1

God is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble.
IV v. 1 (Inspired Version, 1867)

2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 2

Therefore, we will not fear though the earth shall be removed and though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea,
IV v. 2 (Inspired Version, 1867)

3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 3

And the waters thereof roar, being troubled, and the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
IV v. 3 (Inspired Version, 1867)

4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 4

Yet there shall be a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
IV v. 4 (Inspired Version, 1867)

5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 5

For Zion shall come, and God shall be in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her right early.
IV v. 5 (Inspired Version, 1867)

6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 6

The heathen shall be enraged, and their kingdoms shall be moved; and the Lord shall utter his voice, and the earth shall be melted.
IV v. 6 (Inspired Version, 1867)

7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 7

The Lord of hosts who shall be with us, the God of Jacob, our refuge. Selah.
IV v. 7 (Inspired Version, 1867)

8Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 8

Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he shall make in the earth in the latter days.
IV v. 8 (Inspired Version, 1867)

9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 9

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire and saith unto the nations,
IV v. 9 (Inspired Version, 1867)

10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 11

The Lord of hosts shall be with us, the God of Jacob, our refuge. Selah.
IV v. 11 (Inspired Version, 1867)

Also cited in commentary

1 Nephi 20 — Isaiah 48 — The Refining Furnace, the For-Mine-Own-Sake, and the Command to Depart
- Where this lands
2 Nephi 22 — Isaiah 12 — The Song of Salvation, the Wells of Yeshua, and Zion's Inhabitant Shouting
- Where this lands
Doctrine and Covenants 101 — Be Still and Know That I Am God
2 Chronicles 20 — Our Eyes Are Upon Thee — The Fast, the Model Prayer of the Outmatched, the Battle That Belonged to God, and the Singers Sent First
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The battle is God's
2 Kings 3 — Ditches Before the Rain — Three Kings in a Waterless Wilderness, the Minstrel Who Made Room for the Word, Water Without a Storm, and the Fire on Moab's Wall
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The minstrel and the ditches
2 Kings 19 — The Letter Spread Before the LORD — Hezekiah's Sackcloth, the Prayer Between the Cherubims, the Remnant That Takes Root Downward, and the Angel in the Camp of Assyria
- How this chapter changes the reader
- Root downward, fruit upward
Esther 5 — The Extended Sceptre — Esther Approaches the Throne, the Wisdom of the Second Banquet, and the Gallows Pride Builds for Itself
- The banquet, and the second banquet
Ezra 4 — The Help That Was Not Help — The Adversaries' Offer, the Weakened Hands, the Letter to the King, and the Work That Ceased
- The weakened hands
Psalms 21 — The King Shall Joy in Thy Strength — The Thanksgiving After the Battle, the Crown of Pure Gold, and Length of Days For Ever
- How this chapter changes the reader
- The king's joy is borrowed strength

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Joseph Smith Translation

v. 1
God is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble.
v. 2
Therefore, we will not fear though the earth shall be removed and though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea,
v. 3
And the waters thereof roar, being troubled, and the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
v. 4
Yet there shall be a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
v. 5
For Zion shall come, and God shall be in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her right early.
v. 6
The heathen shall be enraged, and their kingdoms shall be moved; and the Lord shall utter his voice, and the earth shall be melted.
v. 7
The Lord of hosts who shall be with us, the God of Jacob, our refuge. Selah.
v. 8
Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he shall make in the earth in the latter days.
v. 9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire and saith unto the nations,
v. 11
The Lord of hosts shall be with us, the God of Jacob, our refuge. Selah.