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¹In Judah God is known,

his name is great in Israel.

²His abode has been established in Salem,

his dwelling-place in Zion.

³There he broke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

⁴Glorious are you, more majestic

than the everlasting mountains.

⁵The stout-hearted were stripped of their spoil;

they sank into sleep;

none of the troops

was able to lift a hand.

⁶At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷But you indeed are awesome!

Who can stand before you

when once your anger is roused?

⁸From the heavens you uttered judgement;

the earth feared and was still

⁹when God rose up to establish judgement,

to save all the oppressed of the earth. Selah

¹⁰Human wrath serves only to praise you,

when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.

¹¹Make vows to the LORD your God, and perform them;

let all who are around him bring gifts

to the one who is awesome,

¹²who cuts off the spirit of princes,

who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.