Psalms 46:3 (GNV)

Passage

Though the waters thereof rage and be troubled, and the mountaines shake at the surges of the same. Selah,

Nearby Context

Psalms 46:1 To him that excelleth upon Alamoth a song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God is our hope and strength, and helpe in troubles, ready to be found.

Psalms 46:2 Therefore will not we feare, though the earth be moued, and though the mountaines fall into the middes of the sea.

Psalms 46:3 Though the waters thereof rage and be troubled, and the mountaines shake at the surges of the same. Selah,

Psalms 46:4 Yet there is a Riuer, whose streames shall make glad the citie of God: euen the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacles of the most High.

Psalms 46:5 God is in the middes of it: therefore shall it not be moued: God shall helpe it very earely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "though", "waters", "thereof", "rage", "troubled", "mountaines", "shake", and "surges". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "though" and "waters", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Therefore will not we feare though the..." into verse 4's "Yet there is a Riuer whose streames...", so "though" and "waters" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "though" and "waters" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.