Continuing the psalms for funerals series with Psalm 46. This psalm is probably most famous for the phrase, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
In the chaos and confusion following a death in the family, Psalm 46 provides the reassurance that God, as the first line says, “is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
A Psalm of David.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
The Ruler of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Come, behold the works of the Eternal, what desolation God hath made in the earth.
God makes wars cease unto the end of the earth; breaks the bow, and cuts the spear asunder; and burns the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The Ruler of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.