Psalm 76:1-4

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.

  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.
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