Psalm 76

The God Who Always Wins

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

76People in Judah know God;

his fame is great in Israel.

²His Tent is in Jerusalem;

his home is on Mount Zion.

³There God broke the flaming arrows,

the shields, the swords, and the weapons of war.

Selah

⁴God, how wonderful you are!

You are more splendid than the hills full of animals.

⁵The brave soldiers were stripped

as they lay asleep in death.

Not one warrior

had the strength to stop it.

⁶God of Jacob, when you spoke strongly,

horses and riders fell dead.

⁷You are feared;

no one can stand against you when you are angry.

⁸From heaven you gave the decision,

and the earth was afraid and silent.

⁹God, you stood up to judge

and to save the needy people of the earth.

Selah

¹⁰People praise you for your anger against evil.

Those who live through your anger are stopped from doing more evil.

¹¹Make and keep your promises to the Lord your God.

From all around, gifts should come to the God we worship.

¹²God breaks the spirits of great leaders;

the kings on earth fear him.