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[a]Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken
    and mountains quake to the depths of the sea,

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  1. 46:3–4 Figurative ancient Near Eastern language to describe social and political upheavals.

though its waters roar(A) and foam(B)
    and the mountains quake(C) with their surging.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.

You rocked the earth, split it open;(A)
    repair the cracks for it totters.

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But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner(A)
    to be unfurled against the bow.[a]

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  1. Psalm 60:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Psalm 93[a]

God Is a Mighty King

The Lord is king,[b] robed with majesty;
    the Lord is robed, girded with might.(A)
The world will surely stand in place,
    never to be moved.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 93 A hymn celebrating the kingship of God, who created the world (Ps 93:1–2) by defeating the sea (Ps 93:3–4). In the ancient myth that is alluded to here, Sea completely covered the land, making it impossible for the human community to live. Sea, or Flood, roars in anger against God, who is personified in the storm. God’s utterances or decrees are given authority by the victory over Sea (Ps 93:5).
  2. 93:1 The Lord is king: lit., “the Lord reigns.” This Psalm, and Ps 47; 96–99, are sometimes called enthronement Psalms. They may have been used in a special liturgy during which God’s ascent to the throne was ritually reenacted. They have also been interpreted eschatologically, pointing to the coming of God as king at the end-time.

Psalm 93

The Lord reigns,(A) he is robed in majesty;(B)
    the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;(C)
    indeed, the world is established,(D) firm and secure.(E)

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10     (A)declare among the nations: The Lord is king.
The world will surely stand fast, never to be shaken.
    He rules the peoples with fairness.

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10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.(A)
    The world is firmly established,(B) it cannot be moved;(C)
    he will judge(D) the peoples with equity.(E)

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II

[a]You fixed the earth on its foundation,
    so it can never be shaken.

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Footnotes

  1. 104:5–9 God places the gigantic disk of the earth securely on its foundation and then, as a warrior, chases away the enveloping waters and confines them under, above, and around the earth.

He set the earth(A) on its foundations;(B)
    it can never be moved.

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He raises the needy from the dust;
    from the ash heap lifts up the poor,
To seat them with nobles
    and make a glorious throne their heritage.

“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and he has set the world upon them.(A)

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He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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19 The earth will burst asunder,
    the earth will be shaken apart,
    the earth will be convulsed.

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19 The earth is broken up,(A)
    the earth is split asunder,(B)
    the earth is violently shaken.

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