Psalm 76

Psalm 76

Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

¹In Judah God is known;

his name is great in Israel.^*

²His abode has been established in Salem,

his dwelling place in Zion.^*

³There he broke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.   Selah^*

⁴Glorious are you, more majestic

than the everlasting mountains.^f

⁵The courageous were stripped of their spoil;

they sank into sleep;

none of the troops

was able to lift a hand.^*

⁶At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷But you indeed are awesome!

Who can stand before you

when your anger is roused?^*

⁸From the heavens you uttered judgment;

the earth feared and was still^*

⁹when God rose up to establish judgment,

to save all the oppressed of the earth.   Selah^*

¹⁰Human wrath serves only to praise you,

when you bind the last bit of your^g wrath around you.^*

¹¹Make vows to the Lord your God and perform them;

let all who are around him bring gifts

to the one who is awesome,^*

¹²who cuts off the spirit of princes,

who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.^*