Click on player below to hear a sample portion of this Psalm MP3:

The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 46:1-5, as sung to the tune Stroudwater from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    God is our refuge and our strength,

          in straits a present aid;

2    Therefore, although the earth remove,

          we will not be afraid:

     Though hills amidst the seas be cast;

3         Though waters roaring make,

     And troubled be; yea, though the hills,

          by swelling seas do shake.

4    A river is, whose streams do glad

          the city of our God;

     The holy place, wherein the Lord

          most high hath his abode.

5    God in the midst of her doth dwell;

          nothing shall her remove:

     The Lord to her an helper will,

          and that right early, prove.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 46 follow:

In this psalm, probably composed for celebrating some remarkable victory, we have, (1.) Bold triumphs of faith in God himself, and the mercies of the new covenant, amidst the most alarming danger and distress which can be supposed, ver. 1-6. (2.) A thankful rehearsal of the great things which God had wrought for the deliverance of his people, and the destruction of their enemies, ver. 6-9. (3.) God's heart-composing promise of promoting his own glory in every providence; and faith's expectation of protection and safety, ver 10-11.

While I sing it, come my soul, encourage thyself in Jehovah as thy God, and thy all. Come drink abundantly out of Jesus' heart-gladdening river of life his word, his blood, his Spirit, his fulness, his love!

And holding fast the beginning of thy confidence unto the end, always give thanks.

From: THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650) by the Westminster Assembly, Covenanted Church of Scotland General Assembly and Francis Rouse (1646-1650), With Notes Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining the Sense, and for Directing and Animating the Devotion On Each Psalm by John Brown Of Haddington (from the 1844 edition of this Psalter published by Robert Carter, New York).

This Psalm MP3 digital download comes from the album Scottish Metrical Psalms, Volume 4 available on CD or as an album MP3 digital download.