LEB PSA Chapter 76

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Praise to God for His Rescue of Israel

A psalm of Asaph. A song.[fn]
76 God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel.
2 His den[fn] has been in Salem, his lair[fn] in Zion.
3 There he broke the flames of the bow, the shield and sword and battle.Selah
4 Radiant[fn] you are, majestic, from[fn] the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are plundered; they sleep their sleep,
and all the able men cannot use[fn] their hands.
6 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider[fn] and horse slumber.
7 You, indeed, are to be feared ,[fn] and who can stand before you
when you are angry?[fn]
8 From heaven you proclaimed judgment. The earth feared and was still
9 when God rose for justice, to save all the afflicted of the land.Selah
10 For the anger of humankind will praise you. You will put on the remnant of anger.[fn]
11 Make vows and fulfill them to Yahweh, your God; let all surrounding him
bring tribute to the one to be feared.[fn]
12 He cuts off the spirit of leaders. He is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

76:? The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

76:? Or “shelter”; but the image of the lion appears in view

76:? Or “refuge”

76:? A possible change in the Hebrew text yields, “You are feared, majestic …” a form found in vv. 8(7), 13(12). This is possibly reflected in the reading of Theodotian

76:? Or “more than”

76:? Literally “find”

76:? Hebrew “chariot,” that is, charioteer

76:? Literally “You, feared you are”

76:? A slight change in the vocalization of the MT yields, “from the strength of your anger”

76:? Hebrew “angers”

76:? Hebrew “to the fear”