It is you alone who are to be feared.(A)
    Who can stand(B) before you when you are angry?(C)
From heaven you pronounced judgment,
    and the land feared(D) and was quiet—
when you, God, rose up to judge,(E)
    to save all the afflicted(F) of the land.
10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(G)
    and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[a]

11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;(H)
    let all the neighboring lands
    bring gifts(I) to the One to be feared.
12 He breaks the spirit of rulers;
    he is feared by the kings of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself

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.

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