Psalms 46:3 (YLT)

Passage

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

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.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "roar--troubled", "waters", "mountains", "shake", "pride", and "selah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "roar--troubled" and "waters", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Therefore we fear not in the changing..." into verse 4's "A river--its rivulets rejoice the city of...", so "roar--troubled" 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 "roar--troubled" and "waters" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.