1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song.
God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel.
1For the one directing. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known, in Israel His name is great.
2His tent is in Salem,a
His dwelling place in Zion.
2And His tent is in Salem, and his dwelling place in Zion.
3There He shattered the flaming arrows,
the shield and sword and weapons of war.
Selah
3There he has shattered the arrows of the bow—the shield and sword and weapon of war. Selah
4You are resplendent with light,
more majestic than mountains filled with game.
4luminous are You and majestic, from the mountains of prey.
5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep.
No men of might could lift a hand.
5They became plunder, the mighty of heart; they have slept their sleep, and the men of might could not find any of their hands.
6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both horse and rider lie stunned.
6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the rider and horse are lain asleep.
7You alone are to be feared.
When You are angry, who can stand before You?
7You are to be feared—You! And who can stand before Your face at the time of Your anger?
8From heaven You pronounced judgment,
and the earth feared and was still
8From the heavens You have sounded the judgment; the earth has feared and has been still,
9when God rose up to judge,
to save all the lowly of the earth.
9at the rising of God to the judgment, to bring salvation to all the lowly ones of the earth. Selah
10Even the wrath of man shall praise You;
with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.a
10for the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You gird Yourself.
11Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God;
let all the neighboring lands bring tribute
to Him who is to be feared.
11Make vows to YHWH your God, and fulfill them; let all around Him bring tribute to the Fearsome One.
12He breaks the spirits of princes;
He is feared by the kings of the earth.
12He takes away the spirit of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.