Scripture-Based Prayers
Psalm 46 — God Is Our Refuge and Strength
Psalm 46 inspired Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (1529) and has been prayed through plagues, wars, and natural disasters for millennia.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes,
though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
though its waters roar and are troubled,
though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad,
the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
God is within her. She shall not be moved.
God will help her at dawn.
Come, see the Lord's works, what desolations he has made in the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth.
"Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
The Lord of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Psalm 46 (World English Bible, public domain)
About the prayer
Its central line, "Be still, and know that I am God," is one of the most quoted verses in Christian contemplative prayer.
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