Psalms 46:6
4 There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- KJV
- The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- WEB
- The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
- ASV
- The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- DARBY
- The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- BLB
- The nations raged, the kingdoms were shaken; He has given forth with His voice; the earth melts.
- ÅB
- Folkeferd bruste, riker ble rokket; han lot sin røst høre, jorden smeltet.
- OTB
- Folkene var i opprør, rikene vaklet;
Han hevet sin røst, og jorden smeltet. - B1930
- Folkeferd bruste, riker blev rokket; han lot sin røst høre, jorden smeltet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 9:5
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
Read in contextPsalms 18:13
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
Read in contextNahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:5–6
Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
Read in contextMicah 1:4
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
Read in contextAmos 9:13
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
Read in contextJoel 2:11
The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
Read in contextPsalms 2:1–4
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Read in context