What does Psalm 46:1 say?

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

What translation is this?

This passage is displayed in the Young's Literal Translation (YLT) translation on Scripture Lens.

What are related verses?

Related passages to Psalm 46:1 include Genesis 12:1-3, Psalm 95:1-7, Exodus 19:4-6, Psalm 46:2, and Psalm 45, and more.

Psalms 46:1 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Psalms 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.

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

Psalms 46:3 Roar--troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. 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 next verse adds "Therefore we fear not in the changing...", so "overseer" and "sons" should be read forward into that movement. 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.