Psalm 76:1
New International Version
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great.

New Living Translation
God is honored in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

English Standard Version
In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel.

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

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

New King James Version
To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel.

New American Standard Bible
For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

NASB 1995
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

NASB 1977
God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

Amplified Bible
To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. † A song. God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

American Standard Version
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.

Contemporary English Version
You, our God, are famous in Judah and honored in Israel.

English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[For the choir director; on stringed instruments; a psalm by Asaph; a song.] God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel.

Good News Translation
God is known in Judah; his name is honored in Israel.

International Standard Version
God is known in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

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

NET Bible
For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.

New Heart English Bible
[For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song.] In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.

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

World English Bible
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. A PSALM OF ASAPH. A SONG. God [is] known in Judah, "" His Name [is] great in Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. In Judah is God known, in Israel His name is great.

Smith's Literal Translation
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: chanting to Asaph song. In Judah was God known: great his name in Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph: a canticle to the Assyrians. In Judea God is known: his name is great in Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Unto the end. With Praises. A Psalm of Asaph. A Canticle to the Assyrians. In Judea, God is known. In Israel, his name is great.

New American Bible
For the leader; a psalm with stringed instruments. A song of Asaph. [2] Renowned in Judah is God, whose name is great in Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
IN Judah is God known; his name is great in Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
God is known in Yehuda and his Name is great in Israel.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the end, among the Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian. God is known in Judea: his name is great in Israel.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Name is Great in Israel
1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. 2His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.…

Cross References
Psalm 48:1-2
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. / Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Psalm 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

Psalm 147:19-20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. / He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

Isaiah 12:4-6
and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. / Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth. / Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 33:5
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:29
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

Zechariah 8:3
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Joel 3:16-17
The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. / Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

Amos 1:2
He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”

John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Romans 9:4-5
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Hebrews 12:22-24
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels / in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, / to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Revelation 21:2-3
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. / And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.


Treasury of Scripture

In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

Neginoth

Psalm 4:1
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Psalm 54:1
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

Psalm 61:1
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

A Psalm.

of Asaph.

Psalm 48:1-3
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness…

Psalm 147:19,20
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel…

Deuteronomy 4:7,8,34-36
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? …

his

Psalm 98:2,3
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen…

Psalm 148:13,14
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven…

1 Chronicles 29:10-12
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever…

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Psalm 76
1. A declaration of God's majesty in the church
11. An exhortation to serve him reverently.














For the choirmaster.
This phrase indicates that the psalm was intended for public worship and was directed to the leader of music in the temple. The role of the choirmaster was crucial in organizing and leading the musical aspects of worship, which were an integral part of Israelite religious life.

With stringed instruments.
The use of stringed instruments suggests a rich musical tradition in ancient Israel. Instruments like the harp and lyre were commonly used in temple worship, enhancing the emotional and spiritual experience of the psalm.

A Psalm of Asaph.
Asaph was one of David's chief musicians, and several psalms are attributed to him or his descendants. This attribution connects the psalm to a tradition of Levitical musicianship and prophetic insight, as Asaph was known for both.

A song.
This designation emphasizes the psalm's lyrical and musical nature, meant to be sung as part of worship. It highlights the importance of music in expressing theological truths and communal identity.

God is known in Judah;
Judah, the southern kingdom, was the center of worship with Jerusalem as its capital. This phrase underscores the special revelation and relationship God had with Judah, where His presence was most intimately experienced in the temple.

His name is great in Israel.
The name of God represents His character and deeds. In Israel, God's greatness was demonstrated through His acts of deliverance and covenant faithfulness. This phrase reflects the national identity centered around God's mighty works and His covenant with the people.

Persons / Places / Events
1. God
The central figure of the verse, whose attributes and actions are the focus of worship and reverence.

2. Judah
A significant tribe and region in ancient Israel, representing the southern kingdom and often associated with the Davidic line and Jerusalem.

3. Israel
The collective name for the descendants of Jacob, representing the northern kingdom and the people of God as a whole.
Teaching Points
The Importance of Knowing God
Understanding who God is and His attributes is foundational for faith. In Judah, God was known, indicating a relationship and revelation that we should seek in our own lives.

The Significance of God's Name
God's name represents His character and authority. As believers, we are called to honor and proclaim His name, recognizing its power and significance in our lives.

Unity in Worship
The mention of both Judah and Israel highlights the unity of God's people in worship. Despite divisions, the greatness of God's name unites believers in praise and purpose.

Cultural and Historical Context
Understanding the historical context of Judah and Israel helps us appreciate the depth of God's revelation and His ongoing work among His people.

Personal Reflection and Response
Reflect on how God is known in your life and community. Consider ways to make His name great through your actions and testimony.(1) Judah . . . Israel.--A comparison with Psalm 114:1-2, leads to the conclusion that these names are introduced here in this order, simply for the rhythm. (Comp. "Salem" and "Sion" in the next verse, and notice that the four names offer an instance of introversion, the more restricted terms, Judah, Sion, occupying the first and last clauses, the more general Israel, Salem, the middle ones.)

Verse 1. - In Judah is God known (comp. Psalm 9:16; Psalm 48:3). By "known" is meant "freshly made known," "revealed," as it were, "anew" by the recent wonderful deliverance. His Name is great in Israel; i.e. greatly honourcd and regarded, on account of what has happened.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the choirmaster.
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent

With stringed instruments.
בִּנְגִינֹ֑ת (bin·ḡî·nōṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5058: Instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram

A Psalm
מִזְמ֖וֹר (miz·mō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4210: Instrumental music, a poem set to notes

of Asaph.
לְאָסָ֣ף (lə·’ā·sāp̄)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites

A Song.
שִֽׁיר׃ (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

God
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is known
נוֹדָ֣ע (nō·w·ḏā‘)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

in Judah;
בִּֽיהוּדָ֣ה (bî·hū·ḏāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

His name
שְׁמֽוֹ׃ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

is great
גָּד֥וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

in Israel.
בְּ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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