For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.
2In Salem also is his 1 tabernacle, And his 2 dwelling-place in Zion. 1) Or covert 2) Or lair
3There he brake the 1 arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah 1) Or fiery shafts ; Or lightnings
4Glorious art thou and excellent, 1 From the mountains of prey. 1) Or More than
5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
7Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
9When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah
10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou 1 gird upon thee. 1) Or restrain
11Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.