Psalms 76 – There Brake He the Arrows of the Bow
A victory hymn celebrating God's power over armies and kings.
This chapter of the Psalms overview praises God's dwelling place in Salem and Zion, where He has broken the weapons of war, continuing the theme of divine judgment introduced in Psalms 75.
For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
In Judah is G-d known; His name is great in Israel.
In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.
There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.
The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.
At Thy rebuke, O G-d of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.
Thou, even Thou, art terrible; and who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?
Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
When G-d arose to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah
Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; the residue of wrath shalt Thou gird upon Thee.
Vow, and pay unto HaShem your G-d; let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;
He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.