“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” — Psalm 46:10 · KJV
Psalm 46 is a battlefield psalm. The nations rage, the mountains shake, and in the middle of the noise God says the loudest single sentence in scripture: Be still, and know that I am God. This ambient-sacred hymn puts that command into a household voice — drone strings under a soft chorus, quiet enough to obey.
“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved... Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:4-5, 10 · KJV
Companion passages: Habakkuk 2:20 ("the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him") · Zechariah 2:13 ("Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD") · Isaiah 30:15 ("in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength") · Psalm 62:1 ("Truly my soul waiteth upon God").
Press play. The choir will lead. The highlighted line is the line the choir is singing now. Nothing autoplays; the hymn will wait for you.
The highlighted line is the line the choir is singing now.
The Christian household needs the stillness command daily. Between the noise of the world and the noise of our own thoughts, God is asking us to be quiet long enough to notice who he is. He does not shout over the clatter. He waits for the household to be still.
O Lord, teach this household to be still and know that thou art God. Hush our clatter. Slow our anxious speed. Under thy Father's rod, let our small home learn the quiet. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Read Psalm 46 aloud slowly before breakfast. Sing Verse 1 with pauses between the lines.
Sing the Bridge as a household hush before sleep — 'be still, be still.'
Have the children sit still for one minute after Verse 3. Ask: what did you hear when you were quiet?