Psalmen 76

Psalmüberschrift: To the chief music-maker; put to Neginoth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song.

1. ¹In Judah is the knowledge of God; his name is great in Israel,
2. ²In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.
3. ³There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)
4. ⁴You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains.
5. ⁵Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.
6. ⁶At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
7. ⁷You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?
8. ⁸From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,
9. ⁹When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
10. ¹⁰The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
11. ¹¹Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.
12. ¹²He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.

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