Psalms 76

1For the leader; with instrumental music.A psalm of Asaph, a song.

2God is known in Judah,God’s name is great in Israel;

3Salem became an abode;Zion, the divine den.

4There [God] broke the fiery arrows of the bow,the shield and the sword of war. Selah.

5You were resplendent,glorious, on the mountains of prey.

6The stout-hearted were despoiled;they were in a stupor;the bravest of soldiers could not lift a hand.

7At Your blast, O God of Jacob,horse and chariot lay stunned.

8O You! You are awesome!Who can withstand Youwhen You are enraged?

9In heaven You pronounced sentence;the earth was numbed with fright

10as God rose to execute judgment,to deliver all the lowly of the earth. Selah.

11Even the fiercest among humans shall acknowledge You,when You gird on the last bit of fury.

12Make vows and pay them to the ETERNAL your God;those all around shall bring tribute to the Awesome One—

13who curbs the spirit of princes,inspires awe in the kings of the earth.