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Psalm 46 Bible study questions

God is a refuge and strength, even if the earth shakes. There is a river that makes God’s city glad. Be still, and know that I am God.

Read Psalm 46

Read the chapter aloud first. Then take the questions in order: what it says, what it means, what to do. About 45 minutes. Skip any question that doesn’t fit your group.

Start here

  1. What is the loudest place you spend time in?

Look: what does it say?

  1. What frightening things does the psalm imagine happening?Psalm 46:2-3,6
  2. What is God called in this psalm?Psalm 46:1,7,11
  3. What does God do to wars and weapons?Psalm 46:9

Understand: what does it mean?

  1. The psalm does not say trouble won’t come. What does it say?Psalm 46:1-2
  2. Be still sounds calm. In context, God is stopping wars. What does “be still” mean here?Psalm 46:9-10
  3. What does it mean to call God “a help always found in times of trouble”?Psalm 46:1

Live it: what will we do?

  1. What feels like it is shaking in your life right now?Psalm 46:2-3
  2. When could you stop and be still this week, even for 5 minutes?Psalm 46:10
  3. Who do you know who needs a refuge? How could you point them to God?Psalm 46:1

Close in prayer

Sit in silence for a minute together, then pray the last verse aloud.

Psalm 46

Lumin Translation. It prints after the questions, so the group has the words in front of them.

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song.

1 God is our refuge and strength, a help always found in times of trouble.

2 So we will not be afraid, even if the earth shifts and the mountains slip into the depths of the seas,

3 even if its waters thunder and churn, and the mountains shake at its proud swelling. Selah.

4 There is a river; its channels bring joy to the city of God, the holy dwellings of the Most High.

5 God is within her; she will not be toppled. God will help her as morning appears.

6 Nations roar, kingdoms topple; he sends out his voice, and the earth dissolves.

7 Yahweh of Armies is with us; our high stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah.

8 Come, look at the deeds of Yahweh, the ruins he has made on the earth.

9 He puts an end to wars all the way to the ends of the earth; he smashes the bow and cuts the spear in two; he sets the wagons on fire.

10 Be still, and know that I am God. I will be lifted high among the nations; I will be lifted high on the earth.

11 Yahweh of Armies is with us; our high stronghold is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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