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The Majesty of God in Judgment
To the Chief Musician. On [a]stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
76 
In Judah God is known;
His name is great in Israel.
2 
In [b]Salem also is His tabernacle,
And His dwelling place in Zion.
3 
There He broke the arrows of the bow,
The shield and sword of battle. Selah
4 
You are more glorious and excellent
Than the mountains of prey.
5 
The stouthearted were plundered;
They [c]have sunk into their sleep;
And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.
6 
At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
7 
You, Yourself, are to be feared;
And who may stand in Your presence
When once You are angry?
8 
You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth feared and was still,
9 
When God arose to judgment,
To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
10 
Surely the wrath of man shall praise You;
With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.
11 
Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them;
Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.
12 
He shall cut off the spirit of princes;
He is awesome to the kings of the earth.

God the Righteous Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
50 
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth.
3 
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
4 
He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 
“Gather My saints together to Me,
Those who have [a]made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 
Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!
8 
I will not [b]rebuke you for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
9 
I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10 
For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 
I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12 
“If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 
Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 
Offer to God thanksgiving,
And pay your vows to the Most High.
15 
Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
16 
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17 
Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18 
When you saw a thief, you consented[c] with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
19 
You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
20 
You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 
These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
22 
“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
23 
Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”

Announcement of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm of David.
110 
The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
2 
The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!
3 
Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.
4 
The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
5 
The Lord is at Your right hand;
He shall [a]execute kings in the day of His wrath.
6 
He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall [b]execute the heads of many countries.
7 
He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He shall lift up the head.