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Renowned in Judah is God,(A)
    whose name is great in Israel.
On Salem[a] is God’s tent, his shelter on Zion.
    There the flashing arrows were shattered,
    shield, sword, and weapons of war.(B)
Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 76:3 Salem: an ancient name for Jerusalem, used here perhaps on account of its allusion to the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, cf. Gn 14:18; Hb 7:1–3.

His tent is in Salem,(A)
    his dwelling place in Zion.(B)
There he broke the flashing arrows,(C)
    the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[a](D)

You are radiant with light,(E)
    more majestic than mountains rich with game.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.

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.

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