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Psalms 76
1.In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
2.In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
3.There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4.Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
5.The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
6.At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7.Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8.Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
9.When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
10.Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
11.Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12.He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Asked of Guide
Why does the psalm say God makes the earth 'still' when he judges from heaven?
The chapter shows judgment as a cosmic interrupt: verse 8 reports “judgment to be heard from heaven,” and the immediate effect is that “the earth feared, and was still.” The stillness signals awe and the cessation of human striving so that divine justice can be recognized and enacted.
Verses 3–7 and 10–12 frame that stillness as protective for the meek and as subduing the proud: arrows and chariots are broken and “the stouthearted are spoiled.” This matches themes in Isaiah and Habakkuk where God’s intervention silences nations so deliverance for the humble can proceed.
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