Where is it in the Bible?
Psalm 46:10
10He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
In other translations
- ESV
- 10"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
- NLT
- 10"Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world."
- CSB
- 10"Stop fighting, and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth."
- KJV
- 10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The surrounding passage
Psalm 46:8–11, King James Version
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.
Context
Psalm 46 celebrates God as a refuge and strength for his people, even if the earth gives way and the mountains fall into the sea. In the closing stanza God makes wars cease and breaks the weapons of war (46:8–9), and this verse is God's own voice speaking into that scene before the psalm's closing refrain. The psalm inspired Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."
About the book of Psalms
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