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href="/bsb/psalms/76.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/76.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both horse and chariot lie still.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/76.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/76.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/76.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/76.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/76.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/76.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/76.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/76.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/76.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot rider and horse slumbered <i>into</i> a deep sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/76.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep [of death].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/76.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse lay still.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/76.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse lay still. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/76.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/76.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God of Jacob, when you roar, enemy chariots and horses drop dead in their tracks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/76.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/76.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />At your stern warning, O God of Jacob, chariot riders and horses were put to sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/76.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When you threatened them, O God of Jacob, the horses and their riders fell dead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/76.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />At the sound of your battle cry, God of Jacob, both horse and chariot rider fell into deep sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/76.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/76.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At the sound of your battle cry, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse "fell asleep." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/76.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/76.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/76.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/76.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />From Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, "" Both rider and horse have been fast asleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/76.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/76.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />From thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the chariot and the horse lay in a deep sleep.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/76.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they have all slumbered that mounted on horseback. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/76.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 75:7>At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, those who were mounted on horseback have fallen asleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/76.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At your roar, O God of Jacob, chariot and steed lay still. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/76.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/76.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their hands prevailed not because of thy rebuke, O God of Jacob; the horsemen are cast into a dead sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/76.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />By your rebuke, oh, God of Jacob, the riders of horses have slumbered.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/76.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, They are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/76.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the riders on horses slumbered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/76-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9276" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/76.htm">God's Name is Great in Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1606.htm" title="1606: mig·ga·‘ă·rā·ṯə·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A rebuke. From ga'ar; a chiding.">At Your rebuke,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">O God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: wā·sūs (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">both horse</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: wə·re·ḵeḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">and rider</a> <a href="/hebrew/7290.htm" title="7290: nir·dām (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be in or fall into heavy sleep. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Stupefy.">lie stunned.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Exodus 15:1-10</a></span><br />Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. / The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. / The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35</a></span><br />And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/4-9.htm">Job 4:9</a></span><br />By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a></span><br />Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33-34</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-25.htm">Isaiah 14:25</a></span><br />I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Jeremiah 51:39</a></span><br />While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/2-13.htm">Zechariah 2:13</a></span><br />Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Revelation 19:21</a></span><br />And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:8</a></span><br />And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-4.htm">Matthew 28:4</a></span><br />The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-5.htm">Luke 24:5</a></span><br />As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.</p><p class="hdg">at thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm">Psalm 18:15</a></b></br> Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-16.htm">Psalm 80:16</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> burned with fire, <i>it is</i> cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">Psalm 104:7</a></b></br> At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.</p><p class="hdg">both</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Exodus 14:27,28</a></b></br> And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4-6,10</a></b></br> Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">2 Samuel 10:18</a></b></br> And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew <i>the men of</i> seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.</p><p class="hdg">dead</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/26-12.htm">1 Samuel 26:12</a></b></br> So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw <i>it</i>, nor knew <i>it</i>, neither awaked: for they <i>were</i> all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Jeremiah 51:39,57</a></b></br> In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/3-13.htm">Asleep</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/65-11.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/69-10.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/psalms/33-17.htm">Horse</a> <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/psalms/75-9.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/psalms/73-9.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/job/39-18.htm">Rider</a> <a href="/esther/8-10.htm">Riders</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/genesis/45-26.htm">Stunned</a> <a href="/psalms/74-23.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/78-65.htm">Asleep</a> <a href="/psalms/77-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/psalms/147-10.htm">Horse</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-7.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/psalms/77-15.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/psalms/83-3.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/psalms/80-16.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm">Rider</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm">Riders</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Stunned</a> <a href="/psalms/77-1.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/76-7.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 76</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/76-1.htm">A declaration of God's majesty in the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/76-11.htm">An exhortation to serve him reverently.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, a rebuke from God signifies His ability to control and command creation and nations. The term "rebuke" is often used in Scripture to describe God's judgment or correction, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/9-5.htm">Psalm 9:5</a> and <a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a>. It highlights God's sovereignty and His ability to bring about His will through His spoken word, reminiscent of the creation narrative in Genesis where God speaks things into existence.<p><b>O God of Jacob</b><br>The reference to "God of Jacob" connects this Psalm to the covenantal relationship God has with the patriarchs of Israel. Jacob, later named Israel, is a central figure in the history of the Israelites, and invoking his name reminds the reader of God's promises and faithfulness to His chosen people. This title underscores God's ongoing commitment to His covenant, as seen in <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-15</a>, where God promises Jacob land, descendants, and blessing.<p><b>both horse and rider lie stunned</b><br>This imagery of "horse and rider" being "stunned" evokes scenes of military defeat and divine intervention. Horses and chariots were symbols of military strength in ancient times, as seen in <a href="/exodus/14-23.htm">Exodus 14:23-28</a>, where God defeats the Egyptian army. The stunning of both horse and rider signifies a complete and miraculous victory, suggesting that no human power can withstand God's might. This also foreshadows the ultimate victory of God over all earthly powers, as seen in <a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-21</a>, where Christ triumphs over the forces of evil.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_of_jacob.htm">God of Jacob</a></b><br>This title emphasizes God's covenant relationship with the descendants of Jacob (Israel). It highlights His faithfulness and power in protecting and delivering His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/horse_and_rider.htm">Horse and Rider</a></b><br>Symbolic of military power and might. In ancient times, horses and chariots were often seen as formidable forces in battle.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebuke.htm">Rebuke</a></b><br>This refers to God's authoritative command or reprimand, which demonstrates His supreme power over creation and human affairs.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>God's rebuke is powerful enough to render the mightiest forces powerless. We should trust in His sovereignty rather than human strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_power.htm">The Futility of Human Power</a></b><br>The imagery of stunned horses and riders serves as a reminder that human power and military might are insignificant before God. Our reliance should be on Him alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_covenant_people.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Covenant People</a></b><br>As the "God of Jacob," He remains faithful to His promises. Believers can find assurance in God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a></b><br>God's rebuke, a mere word, is sufficient to accomplish His purposes. This emphasizes the authority and effectiveness of God's Word in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_76.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 76</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_76_6__evidence_of_chariots'_'dead_sleep'.htm">Psalm 76:6: Is there any scientific or historical insight supporting the idea of horses and chariots suddenly being cast into a “dead sleep” at God’s rebuke? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_qualifies_as_my_neighbor.htm">Is your will being done on earth as in heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_loving_god_express_anger.htm">Psalm 6:1 - How can a God of perfect love express anger or rebuke His faithful servant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_a_rebuke_from_the_righteous_kind.htm">Psalm 141:5 - Why would a 'strike' or rebuke from the righteous be considered a kindness, when other biblical passages seem to discourage violence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/76.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Are cast into a deep sleep.</span>--The same Hebrew expression is used of Sisera's profound slumber (<a href="/judges/4-21.htm" title="Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.">Judges 4:21</a>). Deborah's Song and Exodus 15 are in the poet's mind, as they were to the author of <a href="/isaiah/43-17.htm" title="Which brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as wick.">Isaiah 43:17</a>, and as they have inspired the well-known lines of Byron's "Sennacherib."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/76.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob.</span> The catastrophe has been God's doing; man has had no part in it (comp. <a href="/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28, 35</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Both the chariot and the horse are cast into a dead sleep.</span> Metonymy for the charioteers and the horsemen (comp. <a href="/isaiah/43-17.htm">Isaiah 43:17</a>). These were the two chief arms of the military service with the Assyrians. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/76-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">At Your rebuke,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֭גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mig·ga·‘ă·rā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1606.htm">Strong's 1606: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chiding</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jacob,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">both horse</span><br /><span class="heb">וָסֽוּס׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·sūs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swallow, swift (type of bird)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and rider</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרֶ֣כֶב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·re·ḵeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lie stunned.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִ֝רְדָּ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(nir·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7290.htm">Strong's 7290: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be in or fall into heavy sleep</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/76-6.htm">Psalm 76:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/76-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 76:6 At your rebuke God of Jacob both (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/76-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 76:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 76:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/76-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 76:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 76:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>