A Very Present Help — Psalm 46:1-3

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. — Written for a siege. Meant to be sung when the mountains were literally falling. Modern anxiety is smaller than what this psalm was built to carry — and that is the point.