Psalm 76
Darby Translation · 12 verses
To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph: a Song.
1In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel;2And in Salem is his tent, and his dwelling-place in Zion.3There broke he the flashings of the bow, shield and sword and battle. Selah.4More glorious art thou, more excellent, than the mountains of prey.5The stout-hearted are made a spoil, they have slept their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.7Thou, thou art to be feared, and who can stand before thee when once thou art angry?8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from the heavens; the earth feared, and was still,9When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.10For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.11Vow and pay unto Jehovah your God: let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that is to be feared.12He cutteth off the spirit of princes; [he] is terrible to the kings of the earth.Darby's Synopsis
Psalm 76 is extremely simple in its application to the judgment of the kings, who come up against Jerusalem in their pride, and find, unlooked for, the Lord Himself there (compare Micah 4:11-13 and Zech. 12:2; Zech. 14:3-4). The judgment of God is rehearsed, and God is now celebrated as having His dwelling-place in Zion. He is the God of Jacob and known in Judah: His judgment was heard from heaven. The long-despised Zion is more glorious than the mountains of prey, the high places of human violence.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.