Psalms 76:1
in Psalms 76God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
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ASV
In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.
KJV
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
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This verse in Psalms 76
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBefore the cross gave light to the world, before the Lord was seen upon the earth, God was known in Judaea, and his name was great in Israel; but when the Savior came, his sound went out into all the earth, and his words unto the ends of the world.
This site's exposition
God is known in Judah
on Psalms 76:1-3
God is known in Judah, and His tent is in Salem, the older name of Jerusalem where Melchizedek was king and priest at Genesis 14:18. In that same city He shattered the flaming arrows and broke the shield and sword. The weapons of war break at Zion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
With what pleasure may we Christians apply all this to the advantages we enjoy by the Redeemer! It is through him that God is known; it is in him that God's name is great; to him it is owing that God has a tabernacle and a dwelling-place in his church.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In Judah is God known. If unknown in all the world beside, he has so revealed himself to his people by his deeds of grace, that he is no unknown God to them. His name is great in Israel. To be known, in the Lord's case, is to be honoured: those who know his name admire the greatness of it.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נוֹדָ֣ע | noda' | [is] known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בִּֽיהוּדָ֣ה | bihudah | in Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֑ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| גָּד֥וֹל | gadol | [is] great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
נוֹדָ֣ע[is] known
noda'H3045 →945 times
בִּֽיהוּדָ֣הin Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
אֱלֹהִ֑יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בְּ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לin Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
גָּד֥וֹל[is] great
gadolH1419 →526 times
שְׁמֽוֹ׃name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 17:23For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to…
it leads to
- Galatians 4:8–9
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
- John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- John 17:25
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
- Acts 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Galatians 4:8–9
Through
Daniel 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble.…
it leads to
- Daniel 2:5
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to…
- Psalms 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
- Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- Daniel 2:5
About Psalms
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jerome, Homily 9, on Psalm 75 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.