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Psalm 46:6

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.

4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
5God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
6The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
7The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8Come, see the LORD’s works, what desolations he has made on the earth.
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Raging nations and shifting kingdoms meet a voice before which the earth melts, a fearsome picture of God's rule amid upheaval.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?Both passages name the rage of nations; Psalm 2 questions their plotting, while Psalm 46 describes kingdoms moved and God speaking.
Amos 9:5For the Lord, the GOD of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and …Both portray the land melting before God, at his voice in Psalm 46 and at his touch in Amos.
Psalm 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.Melting earth in Psalm 46 and mountains melting like wax in Psalm 97 express God's power over the world.
Psalm 18:13The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.God's voice has overwhelming force in both passages, accompanied by melting earth in Psalm 46 and thunder in Psalm 18.
Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.Both portray the earth losing its stability before God, with Nahum naming quaking mountains and melting hills.
Habakkuk 3:5–6Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.The shared thread is God's fearsome power: Psalm 46 depicts melting earth, while Habakkuk describes plague and pestilence attending him.
Joel 2:11The LORD thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of the LORD is great and very …Both passages describe God's voice as overwhelming in power; Joel places that voice before his army on the day of the LORD.
Micah 1:4The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.Both use melting land to portray God's power, with Micah describing mountains melting and valleys splitting apart.
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with …Psalm 46 pictures the earth melting at God's voice; Peter describes the earth burning on the day of the Lord.
Amos 9:13“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip …Both use striking images of the land under God's rule, though Amos describes abundance and Psalm 46 describes upheaval.
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Encouragement

The earth melting is a fearsome image of God's power. In the surrounding lines, this same God is present with his people as their refuge.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).