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Psalm 46:1
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KJ21
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
ASV
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
AMP
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices. A Song. God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], A very present and well-proved help in trouble.
AMPC
God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble.
BRG
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
CSB
For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble.
CSBA
For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble.
CEB
God is our refuge and strength, a help always near in times of great trouble.
CJB
For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. On ‘alamot [high-pitched musical instruments?]. A song:
CEV
(A special song by the clan of Korah and for the music leader.) God is our mighty fortress, always ready to help in times of trouble.
DARBY
To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
DRA
Unto the end, for the sons of Core.
ERV
To the director: A song from the Korah family. Use the alamoth. A song. God is our protection and source of strength. He is always ready to help us in times of trouble.
EASY
The sons of Korah wrote this special song for the music leader. God is a strong place for us, where he will keep us safe. He will always help us when troubles come.
EHV
God is our refuge and strength, a helper who can always be found in times of trouble.
ESV
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
ESVUK
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
EXB
For the director of music. By ·alamoth [maidens; young women; C perhaps for soprano voices]. A psalm of the sons of Korah [C descendants of Kohath, son of Levi, who served as Temple musicians; 1 Chr. 6:22]. God is our ·protection [refuge] and our strength. He ·always helps [is an ever present/timely help] in times of ·trouble [distress].
GNV
1 A song of triumph or thanksgiving for the deliverance of Jerusalem, after Sennacherib with his army was driven away, or some other like sudden and marvelous deliverance by the mighty hand of God. 8 Whereby the Prophet commending this great benefit, doth exhort the faithful to give themselves wholly into the hand of God, doubting nothing but that under his protection they shall be safe against all the assaults of their enemies, because this is his delight to assuage the rage of the wicked, when they are most busy against the just. To him that excelleth upon Alamoth, a song committed to the sons of Korah. God is our hope and strength, and help in troubles, ready to be found.
GW
For the choir director; a song by the descendants of Korah; according to alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
GNT
God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
HCSB
For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble.
ICB
For the director of music. By alamoth. A song of the sons of Korah. God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.
ISV
To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah, to the tune of “The Maidens”. God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.
JUB
To the Overcomer: for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. ¶ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in tribulation.
KJV
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
AKJV
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
LSB
For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
LEB
For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.
TLB
God is our refuge and strength, a tested help in times of trouble.
MSG
God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.
MEV
For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a well-proven help in trouble.
NOG
For the choir director; a song by the descendants of Korah; according to alamoth. Elohim is our Machseh and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
NABRE
For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth.
NASB
God is our refuge and strength, A very ready help in trouble.
NASB1995
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
NCB
For the director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to alamoth.
NCV
For the director of music. By alamoth. A psalm of the sons of Korah. God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.
NET
For the music director, by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
NIRV
For the director of music. A song of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. God is our place of safety. He gives us strength. He is always there to help us in times of trouble.
NIV
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
NIVUK
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
NKJV
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
NLV
God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble.
NLT
For the choir director: A song of the descendants of Korah, to be sung by soprano voices. God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
NRSVA
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
NRSVACE
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
NRSVCE
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
NRSVUE
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
OJB
(For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. Al- alamot [after the manner of virgins, i.e., in the treble]. Shir.) Elohim is our refuge and strength, a very present help in tzoros.
RGT
God is our hope and strength; help in troubles, ready to be found.
RSV
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
RSVCE
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
TLV
For the music director, of the sons of Korah, according to Alamoth, a song.
VOICE
For the worship leader. A song of the sons of Korah, a song for sopranos. God is our shelter and our strength. When troubles seem near, God is nearer, and He’s ready to help. So why run and hide?
WEB
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
WYC
To the overcomer, the song of the sons of Korah, for youths. Our God, thou art refuge, and virtue; helper in tribulations, that have found us greatly. (To the overcomer, the song for the sons of Korah, for youths. O God, thou art our refuge, and our strength; a great helper in the midst of all the troubles, that have found us.)
YLT
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.
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