Psalm 76

Who Can Stand Before You?

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

1
In Judah God is e known;
his name is great in Israel.
 2 His f abode has been established in g Salem,
his h dwelling place in Zion.
 3 There he i broke the flashing arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

4 Glorious are you, more majestic
j than the mountains of k prey.
 5 l The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;
m they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
were unable to use their hands.
 6 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both n rider and horse lay stunned.

7 o But you, you are to be feared!
Who can p stand before you
when once your anger is roused?
 8 From the heavens you uttered judgment;
q the earth feared and was still,
 9 when God r arose to establish judgment,
to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

10 Surely s the wrath of man shall praise you;
the remnant 1 of wrath you will put on like a belt.
 11 t Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
let all around him u bring gifts
to him who v is to be feared,
 12 who w cuts off the spirit of princes,
who x is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 4:1
    Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 50:1
    The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 48:3
    Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 27:5
    For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
    Lamentations 2:6
    He has laid waste his booth like a garden, laid in ruins his meeting place; the Lord has made Zion forget festival and Sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 14:18
    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 9:11
    Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
    Psalms 74:2
    Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 46:9
    He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
    Ezekiel 39:9
    Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:25
    That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.
    Ezekiel 39:4
    You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
  9. Cross References
    Nahum 2:13
    Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:12
    Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from righteousness:
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 13:3
    Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.
    2 Kings 19:35
    And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
    Jeremiah 51:39
    While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.
    Nahum 3:18
    Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 15:1
    Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
    Exodus 15:21
    And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 47:2
    For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 130:3
    If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
  15. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 20:29 - 30
    And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
    Habakkuk 2:20
    But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 9:7 - 8
    But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 9:16
    But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 50:14
    Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High.
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 68:29
    Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 89:7
    A God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
    Genesis 31:42
    If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.
    Genesis 31:53
    The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
    Isaiah 8:13
    But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
  21. Cross References
    Isaiah 18:5
    For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 47:2
    For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
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