Psalms 76

1 Unto the end. With Praises. A Psalm of Asaph. A Canticle to the Assyrians. In Judea, God is known. In Israel, his name is great.

For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel.

2 And his place has been formed with peace. And his dwelling place is in Zion.

In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.

3 In that place, he has broken the powers of the bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle.

There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. (Selah)

4 You illuminate wondrously from the mountains of eternity.

Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.

5 All the foolish of heart have been disturbed. They have slept their sleep, and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.

The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.

6 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, those who were mounted on horseback have fallen asleep.

At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.

7 You are terrible, and so, who can withstand you? From thence is your wrath.

Thou, even Thou, art terrible; and who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?

8 You have caused judgment to be heard from heaven. The earth trembled and was quieted,

Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

9 when God rose up in judgment in order to bring salvation to all the meek of the earth.

When God arose to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. (Selah)

10 For the thinking of man will confess to you, and the legacy of his thinking will keep a feast day to you.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; the residue of wrath shalt Thou gird upon Thee.

11 Make vows and pay them to the Lord, your God. All you who surround him bring gifts: to him who is terrible,

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;

12 even to him who takes away the spirit of leaders, to him who is terrible with the kings of the earth.

He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.