PSALM 76

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

1 In Judah God is known,

his name is great in Israel.

2 His abode has been established in Salem,

his dwelling place in Zion.

3 There he broke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. [Selah]

4 Glorious art thou, more majestic

than the everlasting mountains.

5 The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;

they sank into sleep;

all the men of war

were unable to use their hands.

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both rider and horse lay stunned.

7 But thou, terrible art thou!

Who can stand before thee

when once thy anger is roused?

8 From the heavens thou didst utter judgment;

the earth feared and was still,

9 when God arose to establish judgment

to save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah]

10 Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee;

the residue of wrath thou wilt gird upon thee.

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

let all around him bring gifts

to him who is to be feared,

12 who cuts off the spirit of princes,

who is terrible to the kings of the earth.