Psalm 76:1

Translations

Modern

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

Traditional

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

Literal

For the one directing. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known, in Israel His name is great.

Latin

In finem, in laudibus. Psalmus Asaph, canticum ad Assyrios. Notus in Judæa Deus; in Israël magnum nomen ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

Notes

Psalms 76:1

A song: The Greek version reads for the Assyrian.

Psalms 76:1–3

God's victory over Zion's enemies hints at his future victory over all his enemies worldwide.

Psalms 76:1–12

This psalm appears to celebrate a victory. The victory might have been recent, such as over the Assyrians (see note on 76:1; see also Isaiah 37). Or, it might be remembering God's great acts of rescue in the past.

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King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
Acts 17:23
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1 Chronicles 29:10–12
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Daniel 3:29
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Psalm 48:1–3
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Deuteronomy 4:7–8
For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
Psalm 98:2–3
The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
Romans 2:17–3:2
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Psalm 4:1
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Deuteronomy 4:34–36
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
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He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:5–6
The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

People

Asaph: Levite musician, psalmist, and ancestor of temple singers Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Asaph Music Neginah, Neginoth Psalms, Book of Zion

Topics

Harp: The Symbol Used in the Psalmody to Indicate when the Harp Was to be Introduced in the Music Was |Neginoth| See Titles of Praise for God's Attributes Praise: Psalms of, for God's Goodness to Israel Psalms: Praise for God's Attributes Psalms: Thanksgiving The Jews: Privileges of The Jews: The Only People Who had Knowledge of God Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to

Psalm 76:1

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