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its watersמֵימָיוroar,יֶהֱמוּfoam;יֶחְמְרוּthe mountainsהָרִיםtrembleיִרְעֲשׁוּat its pride.בְּגַאֲוָתוֹSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 46:3
Study it in the app“its waters roar, foam; the mountains tremble at its pride. Selah.”
God is refuge and strength; though the earth changes, we will not fearCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 46:3, word by word
- its watersמֵימָיmemay
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “memay” appears- roarיֶהֱמוּyehemu
roar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “yehemu” appears- foamיֶחְמְרוּyechmru
seethe
Seethe, churn: waters, wine, troubled insides.
Where else “yechmru” appears- the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- trembleיִרְעֲשׁוּyirashu
quake
To rumble, like the earth or mountains.
Where else “yirashu” appears- at its prideגַאֲוָתgaavat
surge
The waters of the sea rising and surging with force.
Where else “gaavat” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
Translation note
“Its pride”: that of the sea, when it rises up raging.
The context
2Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, and when the mountains are moved into the heart of the seas;
3 · This verse (above)
4A river, its streams make glad the city of Elohim, the holy place of the dwellings of Elyon.