Week of  August 24th--August 30th

Psalm 76

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.

 1 In Judah God is known;
       his name is great in Israel.

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

 3 There he broke the flashing arrows,
       the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
       Selah

 4 You are resplendent with light,
       more majestic than mountains rich with game.

 5 Valiant men lie plundered,
       they sleep their last sleep;
       not one of the warriors
       can lift his hands.

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

 7 You alone are to be feared.
       Who can stand before you when you are angry?

 8 From heaven you pronounced judgment,
       and the land feared and was quiet-

 9 when you, O God, rose up to judge,
       to save all the afflicted of the land.
       Selah

 10 Surely your wrath against men brings you praise,
       and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. ^[a]

 11 Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them;
       let all the neighboring lands
       bring gifts to the One to be feared.

 12 He breaks the spirit of rulers;
       he is feared by the kings of the earth.

-In every desert of trial, God has an oasis of comfort.

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