Psalm 76

 

For the director of music.  With stringed instruments.  A psalm of Asaph.  A song.

 

 

1                    In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel.

 

2                    His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.

 

3                    There He broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.

Selah

 

4                    You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.

 

5                    Valiant men lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.

 

6                    At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie still.

 

7                    You alone are to be feared.  Who can stand before you when you are angry?

 

8                    From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet—

 

9                    when you, O God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.

Selah

 

10               Surely your wrath against men brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. [a]

 

11               Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.

 

12               He breaks the spirit of rulers; He is feared by the kings of the earth.