Psalms — Chapter 76
For the leader; with instrumental music.A psalm of Asaph, a song.
God is known in Judah,God’s name is great in Israel;
Salem became an abode;Zion, the divine den.
There [God] broke the fiery arrows of the bow,the shield and the sword of war. Selah.
You were resplendent,glorious, on the mountains of prey.
The stout-hearted were despoiled;they were in a stupor;the bravest of soldiers could not lift a hand.
At Your blast, O God of Jacob,horse and chariot lay stunned.
O You! You are awesome!Who can withstand Youwhen You are enraged?
In heaven You pronounced sentence;the earth was numbed with fright
as God rose to execute judgment,to deliver all the lowly of the earth. Selah.
aMeaning of verse uncertain. Even the fiercest among humans shall acknowledge You,when You gird on the last bit of fury.
Make vows and pay them to the ETERNAL your God;those all around shall bring tribute to the Awesome One—ball around … Awesome One Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
who curbs the spirit of princes,inspires awe in the kings of the earth.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Path to Wisdom
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Quran 39:9
“Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”