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'Salmi 76 ' not found for the version: La Bibbia della Gioia.

This psalm is a song that Asaph wrote for the music leader. Sing it with the music of stringed instruments.

God has great power

76 People in Judah know who God is.
    He is famous in Israel.[a]
His home is in Salem.
    Yes, he lives in Zion.[b]
There he destroyed all the weapons of our enemy,
    their arrows, their shields,
    and their swords.
He destroyed everything that they use to fight wars.
Selah.
God, you are the one who shines with glory!
    You are greater than the greatest mountains.
You won against brave soldiers,
    so that we robbed them of everything.
Now they are sleeping,
    and they will never wake up!
They are completely helpless.
God of Jacob,
    when your enemies heard your battle cry,
    both the horses and their riders fell down dead.
Yes, everyone is afraid of you, our God!
When you are angry,
    nobody can stand against you.
From heaven you said how you would judge people.
Everybody on earth became afraid.
    They could not say anything!
This happened when you came to punish wicked people.
You came to rescue the weak and poor people in the land.
Selah.
10 Everybody will praise you,
    even those who are angry against you.
You will show them how angry you really are.[c]
11 Make promises to the Lord your God,
    and do what you have promised.
Everyone who serves God should bring gifts to him.
    We must respect him with fear.
12 He makes proud rulers become humble.
    All the kings of the world should be afraid of him.

Footnotes

  1. 76:1 Judah and Israel are both names for God's people.
  2. 76:2 Salem and Zion are names for Jerusalem.
  3. 76:10 This verse is difficult to understand in Hebrew.

76 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.