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Psalm 76

Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth

To the leader: 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 are you, more majestic
   than the everlasting mountains.^*
5 The stout-hearted were stripped of their spoil;
   they sank into sleep;
none of the troops
   was able to lift a hand.
⁶ At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
   both rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷ But you indeed are awesome!
   Who can stand before you
   when once your anger is roused?
⁸ From the heavens you uttered judgement;
   the earth feared and was still
⁹ when God rose up to establish judgement,
   to save all the oppressed of the earth.
          Selah

¹⁰ Human wrath serves only to praise you,
   when you bind the last bit of your^* wrath around you.
¹¹ Make vows to the Lord your God, and perform them;
   let all who are around him bring gifts
   to the one who is awesome,
¹² who cuts off the spirit of princes,
   who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.