Psalms 46:9-10
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire. “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 46
3 songs meet this passage
“touch the sky for God to stop, debating war”
goosebumps · Travis Scott
resonates with Psalms 46:9-10
A brief, almost accidental nod to God stopping conflict echoes the Psalmist's hope that God alone ends wars, though the song doesn't dwell there.
slow down · forrest frank
resonates with Psalms 46:10
'Be still and know that I am God' captures the spiritual center of the song: that true knowledge of God comes through stillness, not striving or performance.
“we're gonna try a breathing exercise”
DENIAL IS A RIVER · Doechii
resonates with Psalms 46:10
The closing move toward stillness, however small, gestures at the same need to stop and be still that this verse calls for.
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