1: God is well-known in Judah; in Israel, he's a household name.
2: He keeps a house in Salem, his own suite of rooms in Zion.
3: That's where, using arrows for kindling, he made a bonfire of weapons of war.
4: Oh, how bright you shine! Outshining their huge piles of loot!
5: The warriors were plundered and left there impotent. And now there's nothing to them, nothing to show for their swagger and threats.
6: Your sudden roar, God of Jacob, knocked the wind out of horse and rider.
7: Fierce you are, and fearsome! Who can stand up to your rising anger?
8: From heaven you thunder judgment; earth falls to her knees and holds her breath.
9: God stands tall and makes things right, he saves all the wretched on earth.
10: Instead of smoldering rage--God--praise! All that sputtering rage--now a garland for God!
11: Do for GOD what you said you'd do--he is, after all, your God. Let everyone in town bring offerings to the One Who Watches our every move.
12: Nobody gets by with anything, no one plays fast and loose with him. An Asaph psalm