Psalm 46 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Psalm 46
God is our refuge
Verse 46:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:1] For the director. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:1] For the end. Concerning the sons of Korah. A psalm concerning hidden things.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek interprets Alamoth as hidden things and calls the composition a psalm rather than a song.
Verse 46:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:2] God is our refuge and strength,
a help in troubles, abundantly found.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:2] Our God is refuge and strength,
a helper in the afflictions that have greatly overtaken us.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew emphasizes readily found help; Greek makes the afflictions what finds or overtakes the people.
Verse 46:3 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:3] Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes
and mountains totter into the heart of the seas,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:3] Therefore we will not fear when the earth is disturbed
and mountains are displaced into the hearts of seas.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The confidence amid cosmic upheaval agrees.
Verse 46:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:4] though its waters roar and foam
and mountains quake at its swelling. Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:4] Their waters roared and were disturbed;
the mountains were disturbed at his might. Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew explicitly depicts foaming and swelling waters; Greek disturbance and a masculine possessor of might whose referent is not fully explicit.
Verse 46:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:5] A river—its streams gladden God's city,
the holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:5] The river's rushing streams gladden God's city;
the Most High sanctified His dwelling.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew describes holy dwelling places; Greek reports the Most High's act of sanctifying His singular dwelling.
Verse 46:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:6] God is within her; she will not totter;
God will help her at the turning of morning.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:6] God is in her midst; she will not be shaken;
God will help her toward morning.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The city's security and help at dawn agree.
Verse 46:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:7] Nations roar; kingdoms totter;
He gives His voice; the earth melts.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:7] Nations were disturbed; kingdoms bent;
He gave His voice; the earth was shaken.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew's melting earth becomes Greek's shaken earth.
Verse 46:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:8] YHWH of hosts is with us;
Jacob's God is our high refuge. Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:8] The Lord of powers is with us;
Jacob's God is our supporter. Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek expresses the role conveyed by Hebrew's fortified-refuge image.
Verse 46:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:9] Come, see YHWH's deeds,
who has made desolations upon the earth.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:9] Come, see the Lord's works,
the wonders He has set upon the earth.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew desolations become Greek wonders.
Verse 46:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:10] He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear apart;
He burns wagons in the fire.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:10] Bringing wars to an end as far as the earth's limits,
He will shatter a bow and break a weapon apart
and burn shields in fire.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The destroyed equipment differs: spear and wagons in Hebrew, a general weapon and shields in Greek.
Verse 46:11 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:11] “Let go, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, exalted in the earth.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:11] “Cease your activity and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, exalted in the earth.”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The command to cease and acknowledge divine supremacy agrees.
Verse 46:12 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[46:12] YHWH of hosts is with us;
Jacob's God is our high refuge. Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[45:12] The Lord of powers is with us;
Jacob's God is our supporter.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The refrain agrees in substance; only Hebrew has a final performance marker in the accessed texts.