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Psalm 46 Stroudwater
Psalm 46
Words: The Scottish Psalter
from the Holy Bible

To the chief Musician, for the sons of Korah,
A Song upon Alomoth.

   God is our refuge and our strength,
         in straits a present aid;
    Therefore, although the earth remove,
         we will not be afraid:

      Though hills amidst the seas be cast;
      Though waters roaring make,
      And troubled be; yea, though the hills,
         by swelling seas do shake.

    A river is, whose streams do glad
         the city of our God;
      The holy place, wherein the Lord
         most high hath his abode.

    God in the midst of her doth dwell;
         nothing shall her remove:
      The Lord to her an helper will,
         and that right early, prove.

    The heathen raged tumultuously,
         the kingdoms moved were:
      The Lord God uttered his voice,
         the earth did melt for fear.

    The Lord of hosts upon our side
         doth constantly remain:
      The God of Jacob's our refuge,
         us safely to maintain.

    Come, and behold what wondrous works
         have by the Lord been wrought;
      Come, see what desolations
         he on the earth hath brought.

    Unto the ends of all the earth
         wars into peace he turns:
      The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
         in fire the chariot burns.

    Be still, and know that I am God;
         among the heathen I
      Will be exalted; I on earth
         will be exalted high.

    Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
         is still upon our side;
      The God of Jacob our refuge
         for ever will abide.


This can be heard sung in Gaelic by Capercaillie
Capercaillie - Dark Alan (Ailein Duinn)
 Gaelic Psalm Theme features Psalm 46 (Stroudwater),
 performed by Donald MacLeod and congregation.
 Recorded for the documentary The Making Of Rob Roy








'Feuch air fear coimhead Israil
       Cadal chan aom no suain.'
   (The Shepherd that keeps Israel,  He slumbers not nor sleeps.)