April 17, 2009

• In Y’hudah God is known

  Psalms 76:1-12  For the leader. With string music. A psalm of Asaf. A song: In Y’hudah God is known; his name is great in Isra’el.  (2)  His tent is in Shalem, his place is in Tziyon.  (3)  There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. (Selah)  (4)  You are glorious, majestic, more so than mountains of prey.  (5)  The bravest have been stripped of their spoil and now are sleeping their final sleep; not one of these courageous men finds strength to raise his hands.  (6)  At your rebuke, God of Ya’akov, riders and horses lie stunned.  (7)  You are fearsome! When once you are angry, who can stand in your presence?  (8)  You pronounce sentence from heaven; the earth grows silent with fear  (9)  when God arises to judge, to save all the humble of the earth. (Selah)  (10)  Human wrath serves only to praise you; what remains of this wrath you wear as an ornament.  (11)  Make vows to ADONAI your God, and keep them; all who are around him must bring presents to the one who should be feared.  (12)  He curbs the spirit of princes; he is fearsome to the kings of the earth.

  Y’hudah (Judah) spoke of the Southern Kingdom and Isra’el spoke of the Northern Kingdom. Shalem (Salem) and Tziyon (Zion) speak of Jerusalem itself and it is here, in the Southern Kingdom of Judah, in Jerusalem, that HaShem (G-d) wiped out the powerful enemy, the Assyrians, giving king Hezekiah the victory.

  One angle wiped out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night, giving the Southern Kingdom of Judah victory without a fight.

  You better believe that those living in rebellion against HaShem, the G-d of Isra’el were terrified at the power of HaShem. Man can try as hard as he wants to fight against HaShem but he will never win.

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