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Be Still And Know
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Oct 1, 2026 updated
Speechless album
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Song Meaning
Steven Curtis Chapman quotes Psalm 46:10 directly as the song's title and central instruction: "be still and know that He is God." The psalm's original context is a world in upheaval — nations raging, mountains shaking — not a calm moment chosen voluntarily.
"Come rest your head upon His breast, listen to the rhythm of His unfailing heart of love" reaches for Zephaniah 3:17's picture of God who "will rejoice over you with joy... he will rest in his love," intimacy pictured physically rather than only described abstractly. "Be speechless" extends the song's instruction past silence into something closer to awe, stillness treated as a response that language itself can fall short of.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is holy
Be still oh restless soul of mine
Bow before the Prince of Peace
Let the noise and clamor cease
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is faithful
Consider all that He has done
Stand in awe and be amazed
And know that He will never change
Be still
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is God
Be still
Be speechless
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know He is our Father
Come rest your head upon His breast
Listen to the rhythm of
His unfailing heart of love
Beating for his little ones
Calling each of us to come
Be still
Be still