Psalm 46

Psalms · Chapter 46

Psalms 46:4

1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.8Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
a riverנָהָ֗רna-HARH5104H
river

נְהַר (ne.har) river Aramaic of na.har (נָהָר "river" H5104H)

streams itsפְּלָגָ֗יוpe-la-GAVH6388
stream

פֶּ֫לֶג (pe.leg) channel, canal

they make gladיְשַׂמְּח֥וּye-sa-me-CHUH8055
to rejoice

שָׂמַח (sa.mach) 1) to rejoice, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rejoice 1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at) 1a3) to rejoice (religiously) 1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

[the] city ofעִיר־'ir-H5892B
city

עִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town

Godאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E-lo-HIMH0430G
God

אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God" Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

[the] holy [place] ofקְ֝דֹ֗שׁke-DOSHH6918G
holy

קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) : holy sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart

[the] dwellings ofמִשְׁכְּנֵ֥יmish-ke-NEIH4908
habitation

מִשְׁכַּן (mish.kan) abode (of God) Aramaic of mish.kan (מִשְׁכָּן "tabernacle" H4908)

[the] Most Highעֶלְיֽוֹן׃el-YONH5945B
Most High

עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.