“God is my refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.“
Therefore I will not fear though my life crumbles before my eyes,
though I lose everything I once held dear.
whether it’s my family or friends,
or my job and all my possessions.
“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.“
Friends may mock, they may try to shake my foundations;
“he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth;“
He fights for me, and gives me the strength of 10,000;
He will silence my enemies tongues and deaden their actions;
He will destroy what they hold onto for strength.
“‘Be still and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!‘
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress”