PSALM 76 The God of victory and the trial

76 (New International Version)

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. 
 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.