Psalms 46 (YLT)

Chapter Text

46:1 To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

46:2 Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

46:3 Roar--troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.

46:4 A river--its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

46:5 God <FI>is<Fi> in her midst--she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

46:6 Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

46:7 Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> with us, A tower for us <FI>is<Fi> the God of Jacob. Selah.

46:8 Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

46:9 Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

46:10 Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

46:11 Jehovah of hosts <FI>is<Fi> with us, A tower for us <FI>is<Fi> the God of Jacob! Selah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "overseer", "sons", "korah", "virgins", "song", "refuge", "strength", and "help". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "overseer" and "sons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "overseer" and "sons" carries the first interpretive weight. 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 "overseer" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.