Psalm 76

English Standard Version

Who Can Stand Before You?

To the choirmaster: with ^(A)stringed instruments. A Psalm of ^(B)Asaph. A Song.

76 In Judah God is ^(C)known;
    his name is great in Israel.
²His ^(D)abode has been established in ^(E)Salem,
    his ^(F)dwelling place in Zion.
³There he ^(G)broke the flashing arrows,
    the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

⁴Glorious are you, more majestic
    ^(H)than the mountains full of ^(I)prey.
⁵^(J)The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;
    ^(K)they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
    were unable to use their hands.
⁶At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
    both ^(L)rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷^(M)But you, you are to be feared!
    Who can ^(N)stand before you
    when once your anger is roused?
⁸From the heavens you uttered judgment;
    ^(O)the earth feared and was still,
⁹when God ^(P)arose to establish judgment,
    to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

¹⁰Surely ^(Q)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant^[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.
¹¹^(R)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all around him ^(S)bring gifts
    to him who ^(T)is to be feared,
¹²who ^(U)cuts off the spirit of princes,
    who ^(V)is to be feared by the kings of the earth.