I will praise the LORD!

Peace like a river — photo by David Kitz

Come and see what the LORD has done,
    the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

The LORD Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.

  (Psalm 46:8-11, NIV)*

* New International Version, Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica