Psalms 76
In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Third Book of the Psalms1
In Judah, God is known.His name is great in Israel.
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His tabernacle is also in Salem;His dwelling place in Zion.
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There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow,the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.Selah.
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Glorious are you, and excellent,more than mountains of game.
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Valiant men lie plundered,they have slept their last sleep.None of the men of war can lift their hands.
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You, even you, are to be feared.Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
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You pronounced judgment from heaven.The earth feared, and was silent,
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when God arose to judgment,to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.Selah.
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Surely the wrath of man praises you.The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
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Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them!Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
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He will cut off the spirit of princes.He is feared by the kings of the earth.
Ps 76:1-12. On Neginoth--(See on Ps 4:1, title). This Psalm commemorates what the preceding anticipates: God's deliverance of His people by a signal interposition of power against their enemies. The occasion was probably the events narrated in 2Ki 19:35; Isa 37:1-28. (Compare Ps 46:1-11).
1, 2. These well-known terms denote God's people and Church and His intimate and glorious relations to them.