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.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.
\\76:1\\To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
\\76:2\\In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
\\76:3\\There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
\\76:4\\Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
\\76:5\\The stout-hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
\\76:6\\At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
\\76:7\\Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
\\76:8\\Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
\\76:9\\When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
\\76:10\\Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath wilt thou restrain.
\\76:11\\Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that are about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared.
\\76:12\\He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.