Psalms 76:5
Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Bright [art] Thou, honourable above hills of prey.
6From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep.
Cross References
Job 40:10Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
Isaiah 31:8And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword — not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.
Isaiah 46:12Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
Ezekiel 30:21The arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have broken, And lo, it hath not been bound up to give healing, To put a bandage to bind it, To strengthen it — to lay hold on the sword.
Nahum 3:18Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 76:2-7
Triumph in God. 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. The church is here… Read the whole commentary →