The Bible as Poetry

Sometimes modern translations pale by comparison with the poetry of the King James Version of the Bible. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the poetry that is the Psalms as in Psalm 46 today:

(Psa 46:1) A song of the sons of Korah. God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.

(Psa 46:2) We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake,

(Psa 46:3) Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, GOD of angel armies protects us.

(Psa 46:4) River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city, this sacred haunt of the Most High.

(Psa 46:5) God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn.

(Psa 46:6) Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says.

(Psa 46:7) Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, GOD of angel armies protects us.

(Psa 46:8) Attention, all! See the marvels of GOD! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth,

(Psa 46:9) Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee.

(Psa 46:10) "Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything."

(Psa 46:11) Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, GOD of angel armies protects us.