Reader 1: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Reader 2: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
All: “Be still, and know that I am God!”
Reader 1: Because God is our refuge and strength we will not fear, though the earth should change.
Reader 2: Though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
Reader 1: Though its waters roar and foam,
Reader 2: Though the mountains tremble with it tumult.
All: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Reader 1: There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
Reader 2: God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
Reader 1: God will help it when the morning dawns,
Reader 2: The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice and the earth melts.
All: The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge!
Reader 1: Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what he has done.
Reader 2: He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; and burns the shields with fire.
All: “Be still, and know that I am God!”
Reader 1: “I am exalted among the nations.”
Reader 2: “I am exalted in the earth.”
All: The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge!