Psalm 46:10 · KJV
Psalm 46:10
Be Still and Know That I Am God
"Be still, and know that I am God" is a call to stop striving and anxious controlling, and to rest in the certainty that God is sovereign and will be exalted. The stillness is trust, not passivity.
Psalm 46:10 (KJV)
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
What Psalm 46:10 means
Spoken by God in the middle of a psalm about a world in upheaval, this verse is a command aimed at the anxious heart. "Be still" carries the sense of letting go — dropping the hands, ceasing the frantic effort — in order to "know," deeply and settledly, that God is God.
The verse continues, "I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." The reason to stop striving is not that problems are small, but that God is great: His purposes will stand whether or not we manage everything. It is one of the most shared verses for anxiety and burnout.
Key verse
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
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A prayer from Psalm 46:10
Lord, quiet my restless heart. Help me to be still and know that You are God — sovereign, unshaken, and enough. I release what I cannot control into Your hands. Amen.
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What does Psalm 46:10 mean?
"Be still, and know that I am God" is a call to stop striving and anxious controlling, and to rest in the certainty that God is sovereign and will be exalted. The stillness is trust, not passivity.
What is Psalm 46:10 about?
Spoken by God in the middle of a psalm about a world in upheaval, this verse is a command aimed at the anxious heart. "Be still" carries the sense of letting go — dropping the hands, ceasing the frantic effort — in order to "know," deeply and settledly, that God is God.
What is the key verse in Psalm 46:10?
Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Is Psalm 46:10 in the King James Version?
Yes. The full text of Psalm 46:10 on this page is the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain.