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A song to be accompanied by stringed instruments.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>God is honored in Judah;</p><p class="line2">his name is great in Israel.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Jerusalem<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> is where he lives;</p><p class="line2">Mount Zion is his home.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>There he has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy,</p><p class="line2">the shields and swords and weapons of war.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are glorious and more majestic</p><p class="line2">than the everlasting mountains.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Our boldest enemies have been plundered.</p><p class="line2">They lie before us in the sleep of death.</p><p class="line2">No warrior could lift a hand against us.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob,</p><p class="line2">their horses and chariots lay still.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>No wonder you are greatly feared!</p><p class="line2">Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>From heaven you sentenced your enemies;</p><p class="line2">the earth trembled and stood silent before you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,</p><p class="line2">and to rescue the oppressed of the earth.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Human defiance only enhances your glory,</p><p class="line2">for you use it as a weapon.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Make vows to the LORD your God, and keep them.</p><p class="line2">Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/76-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For he breaks the pride of princes,</p><p class="line2">and the kings of the earth fear him.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">76:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Salem,</span><span class="ft"> another name for Jerusalem.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">76:4 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">than mountains filled with beasts of prey.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">76:10 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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