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Psalm 76:7
You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
5Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
8You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,
9when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
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The repeated “you” directs fear toward God himself, while the surrounding lines confront the reader with warriors lying dead and the earth falling silent.
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Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Both passages speak of fear before God, treating exposure to his judgment as a grave thing.
Psalm 130:3If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?Both ask who could stand before God, with Psalm 130 naming the record of sins and Psalm 76 naming his anger.
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.Both ask who can stand before God's anger; Nahum adds fire and shattered rocks to describe his wrath.
Revelation 6:17for the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”Both join wrath with the question of who can stand, exposing the limits of human strength before divine judgment.
Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his …Both describe human inability to withstand God's anger, with Jeremiah naming the nations and the trembling earth.
Psalm 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.Both name God as the one to fear; Psalm 33 extends that fear and awe to everyone on earth.
Isaiah 8:13The LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.Both direct fear toward God himself, with Isaiah linking that fear to respect for his holiness.
1 Chronicles 16:25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.Both declare that God is to be feared; Chronicles adds that he is feared above all gods.
Psalm 9:3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.Both portray human strength failing in God's presence, with Psalm 9 describing enemies who stumble and perish.
Psalm 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.Both speak of anger that threatens human survival; Psalm 2 also pronounces blessing on those who take refuge in the Son.
Exodus 22:24and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.Both portray God's anger as deadly judgment: Psalm 76 describes fallen warriors, while Exodus names death by the sword.
1 Samuel 6:20The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”Both ask who can stand before God, with the men of Beth Shemesh naming his holiness and Psalm 76 his anger.
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The warriors in this psalm have died; God's anger is fearsome. The same passage says he rises in judgment to save the afflicted. His power exceeds every human force.
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