1 To the chief music-maker; put to Neginoth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song. In Judah is the knowledge of God; his name is great in Israel, 2 In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion. 3 There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.) 4 You are shining and full of glory, more than the eternal mountains. 5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble. 6 At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse. 7 You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath? 8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound, 9 When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.) 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ... 11 Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared. 12 He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.
Psalms · Bible in Basic English
Psalm 76 Bible in Basic English
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 17:23; Daniel 4:1–2; Daniel 3:29; 1 Chronicles 29:10–12; Romans 2:17–3:2
- 2 Genesis 14:18; Isaiah 12:6; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Psalm 132:13–14; Lamentations 2:6
- 3 Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 37:35–36; Ezekiel 39:9–10; Ezekiel 39:3–4; 2 Chronicles 20:25
- 4 Ezekiel 19:1–4; Daniel 7:17–28; Jeremiah 4:7; Ezekiel 19:6; Daniel 7:4–8
- 5 Nahum 3:18; Psalm 13:3; Jeremiah 51:39; Isaiah 46:12; Isaiah 37:36
- 6 Exodus 15:1; Psalm 80:16; Exodus 15:21; Exodus 15:10; Ezekiel 39:20
- 7 Nahum 1:6; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 89:7; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 6:16–17
- 8 2 Chronicles 20:29–30; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; Judges 5:20; Ezekiel 38:20–23
- 9 Matthew 5:5; Zephaniah 2:3; Psalm 9:7–9; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 82:2–5
- 10 Romans 9:17; Matthew 24:22; Daniel 3:19–20; Acts 4:26–28; Exodus 15:9–11
- 11 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Psalm 50:14; Psalm 68:29; Numbers 30:2; Psalm 89:7
- 12 Zephaniah 3:6; Isaiah 13:6–8; Psalm 68:12; Isaiah 24:21; Psalm 2:5
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For, because it is said, "In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel," we are not to understand the statement in this way, as if God were less in one place, greater in another; but there His name is great, where He is named according to the greatness of His majesty.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For, "Unto whom shall I look," saith He, "but unto him that is meek and humble, and trembleth at my words?" And, "Mine eyes are upon the meek of the earth." And, "The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart." This head, instead of locks, and flowing hair, bears sacrifices acceptable to God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And what of that which we read, "God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel"? Therefore, "I have manifested Thy name unto these men whom Thou gavest me out of the world," and who are now hearing my words: not that name of Thine whereby Thou art called God, but that whereby Thou art called my Father: …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… be one in us:" and we are God's place, inasmuch as we are His temple; even as He, who died for us and liveth for us, also prayeth for us, that we may be one in them; because "His [dwelling] place was made in peace, and His habitation in Zion," which we are.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)