Friday, November 11, 2011

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.
Footnotes:
  1. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of men brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself

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