Shhhh......

Psalm 46
~ the way it was meant to be understood.

My favorite verse in this psalm is verse 10:  "Be still and know that I am God."  So much so, that when I hear the words, "Be still," my mind automatically finishes:  "and know that I am God."

But there are 11 verses to this psalm, that expand and multiply that verse of peace, really, to a degree that cannot be measured, because it depends how deep the valley is, at the time of reading it!

Here, I believe, is the message of Psalm 46:

Be still and know
     that I am God.

Be still and know
     that I am your refuge and strength;
     an ever-present help in trouble.

Be still and know
     that you need not fear,
     though the earth give way
     and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea...  
     though its waters roar and foam
     and the mountains quake with their surging.

Be still and know
     that there is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
     the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Be still and know
     that God is within that city; she will not fall...
     God will help her at break of day.

     Though nations are in uproar, and kingdoms fall;
Be still and know:
     He lifts His voice and the earth melts.

Be still and know
     the Lord Almighty is with us
     the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Be still and see
     the works of the Lord,
     the desolations He has brought on the earth.
     He makes wars cease, to the ends of the earth
     He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear
     He burns the chariot with fire.

Be still and know that I am God.

Be still and know
     that I will be exalted among the nations.
Be still and know
     that I will be exalted in the earth.

Be still and know
     that the Lord Almighty is with us
     the God of Jacob is our fortress.