Psalms 76
1Unto the end. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
2I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me.
3In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled.
4I was mindful of God, and I was delighted, and I was distressed, and my spirit fell away.
5My eyes anticipated the vigils. I was disturbed, and I did not speak.
6I considered the days of antiquity, and I held the years of eternity in my mind.
7And I meditated in the night with my heart, and I was distressed, and I examined my spirit.
8So then, will God reject for eternity? Will he not continue to allow himself to show favor?
9Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation?
10And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?
11And I said, “Now I have begun. This change is from the right hand of the Most High.”
12I was mindful of the works of the Lord. For I will be mindful from the beginning of your wonders,
13and I will meditate on all your works. And I will take part in your intentions.
14Your way, O God, is in what is holy. Which God is great like our God?
15You are the God who performs miracles. You have made your virtue known among the peoples.
16With your arm, you have redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and of Joseph.
17The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and they were afraid, and the depths were stirred up.
18Great was the sound of the waters. The clouds uttered a voice. For your arrows also pass by.
19The voice of your thunder is like a wheel. Your flashes have illuminated the whole world. The earth has quaked and trembled.
20Your way is through the sea, and your paths are through many waters. And your traces will not be known.
21You have conducted your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
1In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
9When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
11Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.