17I WILL CAUSE TO BE REMEMBERED NAME YOUR IN EVERY GENERATION AND A GENERATION THERE- -FORE PEOPLES THEY WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOR EVER AND EVER 17I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER OF [THE] SONS OF KORAH ON ALAMOTH A SONG God Is Our Refuge and Strength (2 Kings 18:13–16; 2 Chronicles 32:1–8) 0For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.*NoteCloseAlamoth is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:20. A song.
1GOD OF US [IS] A REFUGE AND STRENGTH A HELP IN TROUBLES HE IS FOUND EXCEEDINGLY 1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
2THERE- -FORE NOT WE WILL FEAR WHEN CHANGES [THE] EARTH AND WHEN SHAKE MOUNTAINS IN [THE] HEART OF [THE] SEAS 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
3THEY WILL ROAR THEY WILL FOAM WATERS ITS THEY WILL SHAKE MOUNTAINS AT SWELLING ITS SELAH 3though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
4A RIVER STREAMS ITS THEY MAKE GLAD [THE] CITY OF GOD [THE] HOLY [PLACE] OF [THE] DWELLINGS OF [THE] MOST HIGH 4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5GOD [IS] IN MIDST ITS NOT IT WILL BE SHAKEN HE WILL HELP IT GOD TO [THE] TURNING OF [THE] MORNING 5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
6THEY WERE IN A TUMULT NATIONS THEY SHOOK KINGDOMS HE GAVE WITH VOICE HIS IT MELTED [THE] EARTH 6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
7YAHWEH OF HOSTS [IS] WITH US [IS] A REFUGE OF US [THE] GOD OF JACOB SELAH 7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress Selah
8COME SEE [THE] WORKS OF YAHWEH WHO HE HAS APPOINTED DESOLATIONS ON THE EARTH 8Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
9[HE IS] MAKING CEASE WARS TO [THE] END OF THE EARTH BOW[S] HE BREAKS AND HE CUTS IN TWO SPEAR[S] CARTS HE BURNS WITH <THE> FIRE 9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields*NoteCloseOr chariots in the fire.
10BE QUIET AND KNOW THAT I [AM] GOD I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS I WILL BE EXALTED ON THE EARTH 10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
11YAHWEH OF HOSTS [IS] WITH US [IS] A REFUGE OF US [THE] GOD OF JACOB SELAH 11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress Selah