1 To the chief musician, on Neginoth; a psalm of Asaph, a song.
2 God [is] known in Judah, great his name in Israel;
3 And in Salem his pavilion and his dwelling-place in Zion.
4 There he broke the flashing shafts of the bow, the shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
5 Splendid [art] thou, glorious, more than the mountains of prey.
6 The strong of heart have been spoiled, they have slumbered their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.
7 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse [are] cast into a dead sleep.
8 Thou [art] terrible, thou; and who shall stand in thy presence when once [in] thine anger?
9 From the heavens thou didst cause judgment to be heard; the earth feared and was still.
10 When God rose for the judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
11 For the wrath (or fury) of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou restrain (or gird on).
12 Vow and pray to Jehovah your God: all around him will bring a present to the Fear (or to him that should be feared).
13 He will cut off the spirit of princes, terrible to the kings of the earth.
Notes on Psalm 76
It is “To the chief musician on Neginoth, a psalm of Asaph, a song.” Psalm 75 having disclosed Messiah the executor of divine judgments in the earth, by which the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness, the next sets forth that it is in Judah and Israel God is to be known, in Zion and in Salem. It is the age to come, and characteristically different from Christianity, which calls out souls that believe by grace from the world to Christ in heaven, soon to reign with Him in glory. To be a mere patriot is for the Christian beneath his heavenly calling; for the Israelites, at least such as are of a pure heart, by-and-by it will be consistent and have the sanction of God. Now it is forgetfulness of Christ’s sufferings and of the glories after these. Heaven is our true father-land.