Psalms 76:10

Psalms 76:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
• New International Version (NIV)Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.

Context of Psalms 76:10

8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from the heavens; the earth feared, and was still, 9When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself. 11Vow and pay unto Jehovah your God: let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that is to be feared. 12He cutteth off the spirit of princes; [he] is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Psalms 76:10 word by word

כִּֽי־חֲמַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם תּוֹדֶ֑ךָּ שְׁאֵרִ֖ית חֵמֹ֣ת תַּחְגֹּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 76:10

• Genesis 37:18And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
• Genesis 50:20Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great people alive.
• Exodus 9:16And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
• Exodus 18:11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he was] above them.
• Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
• Acts 4:26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
• Revelation 11:18And the nations have been full of wrath, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the recompense to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth.
• Psalms 46:6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Psalms 65:7Who stilleth the raging of the seas, the raging of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
• Psalms 104:9Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
• Matthew 2:13Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to [thee] the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.
• Matthew 24:22and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.
• Acts 12:3And seeing that it was pleasing to the Jews, he went on to take Peter also: (and they were the days of unleavened bread:)

Commentaries on Psalms 76:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - The rage of Sennacherib shall only serve to manifest thy glory. The stronger he is, and the more he threatens, and the weaker thy people, the more shall thy majesty and mercy appear in his destruction and their support. The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain - The Hebrew gives rather a different sense: "Thou shalt gird thyself with the remainder of wrath." Even after thou hast sent this signal destruction…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee - It shall be the occasion of praise; or, honor shall accrue to thee from it, “as if” it were employed in thy praise, and “as if” it were voluntarily engaged in promoting thy glory. The deliverance of the people by the direct interposition of God in the case referred to in the psalm, the sudden and entire overthrow of the invading forces by his power, led to this reflection. The overruling power of God was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. We live in an angry, provoking world; we often feel much, and are apt to fear more, from the wrath of man. What will not turn to his praise, shall not be suffered to break out. He can set bounds to the wrath of man, as he does to the raging sea…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12This psalm appears to celebrate a victory. The victory might have been recent, such as over the Assyrians (see note on 76:1; see also Isaiah 37). Or, it might be remembering God's great acts of rescue in the past.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Man's wrath praises God by its futility before His power. restrain--or, "gird"; that is, Thyself, as with a sword, with which to destroy, or as an ornament to Thy praise.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 76

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings