Psalms 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
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Psalms 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” — read online, free, in the King James Version.
“Be still, and know that I am God” — a command to stop striving and recognise who is in control, set in a psalm about national catastrophe.
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Frequently asked questions
What does “Be still, and know that I am God” mean?
Spoken by God himself in the psalm, the verse calls for inner stillness and trust amid chaos. In Hebrew the sense is “let go, relax your grip” — a promise that God will be exalted over the nations.
What Bible translation is this?
This is the King James Version (1611) — the classic English translation, in the public domain and free to read and quote.
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