Psalms

¹ For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

² His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.

³ There he shatters the bow’s flaming arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

⁴ You are resplendent and majestic coming down from the mountains of prey.

⁵ The brave-hearted have been plundered; they have slipped into their final sleep. None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

⁶ At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse lay still.

⁷ And you — you are to be feared. When you are angry, who can stand before you?

⁸ From heaven you pronounced judgment. The earth feared and grew quiet

⁹ when God rose up to judge and to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

¹⁰ Even human wrath will praise you; you will clothe yourself with the wrath that remains.

¹¹ Make and keep your vows to the LORD your God; let all who are around him bring tribute to the awe-inspiring one.

¹² He humbles the spirit of leaders; he is feared by the kings of the earth.