Psalms 76:5
Psalms 76:5 in Multiple Translations
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.
Our most courageous enemies have been plundered. They sleep the sleep of death. Even the strongest of them could not raise a hand against us.
The stout hearted are spoyled: they haue slept their sleepe, and all the men of strength haue not found their hands.
Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands.
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
The stout-hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not.
Their brave soldiers were killed, and then those who killed them took away everything that those soldiers had. Those enemies died [EUP], so they were unable to use their weapons any more!
Berean Amplified Bible — Psalms 76:5
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Psalms 76:5 Interlinear (Deep Study)
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HEB
נָ֭אוֹר
אַתָּ֥ה
אַדִּ֗יר
מֵֽ/הַרְרֵי
טָֽרֶף
נָ֭אוֹר
ʼôwr
H215
to light
V-Niphal
אַתָּ֥ה
ʼattâh
H859
you(m.s.)
Pron
אַדִּ֗יר
ʼaddîyr
H117
great
Adj
מֵֽ/הַרְרֵי
hârâr
H2042
mountain
Prep | N-mp
טָֽרֶף
ṭereph
H2964
prey
N-ms
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Hebrew Word Reference — Psalms 76:5
נָ֭אוֹר
ʼôwr
H215
"to light"
V-Niphal
Or means to give light, whether physically or spiritually, as in Psalm 119:105 where God's word is a light to our path.
Definition: 1) to be or become light, shine 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become light (day) 1a2) to shine (of the sun) 1a3) to become bright 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be illuminated 1b2) to become lighted up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give light, shine (of sun, moon, and stars) 1c2) to illumine, light up, cause to shine, shine 1c3) to kindle, light (candle, wood) 1c4) lighten (of the eyes, his law, etc) 1c5) to make shine (of the face)
Usage: Occurs in 43 OT verses. KJV: [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine. See also: Genesis 1:15; Psalms 67:2; Psalms 13:4.
אַתָּ֥ה
ʼattâh
H859
"you(m.s.)"
Pron
You is the translation of a Hebrew word used to address someone directly, like when God says you to someone in the Bible. It can be singular or plural, and is often translated as thee, thou, or ye.
Definition: you (second pers. sing. masc.)
Usage: Occurs in 997 OT verses. KJV: thee, thou, ye, you. See also: Genesis 3:11; Exodus 23:9; Deuteronomy 14:1.
אַדִּ֗יר
ʼaddîyr
H117
"great"
Adj
Describes something or someone as great or powerful, such as the mighty waters of the sea in Psalm 107.
Definition: 1) great, majestic 1a) of waters of sea 1b) of a tree 1c) of kings, nations, gods 2) great one, majestic one 2a) of nobles, chieftains, servants
Usage: Occurs in 25 OT verses. KJV: excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy. See also: Exodus 15:10; Psalms 136:18; Psalms 8:2.
מֵֽ/הַרְרֵי
hârâr
H2042
"mountain"
Prep | N-mp
This word refers to a mountain or hill, like the ones found in Israel's hill country. It is often used to describe the terrain in the Bible, including the mountains where Jesus preached.
Definition: mountain, hill, hill country, mount Another spelling of har (הַר ": mount" H2022)
Usage: Occurs in 12 OT verses. KJV: hill, mount(-ain). See also: Numbers 23:7; Psalms 76:5; Psalms 30:8.
טָֽרֶף
ṭereph
H2964
"prey"
N-ms
This word refers to something that has been torn apart, like prey or food. In Genesis 49:27 and Isaiah 18:6, it describes the spoils of war or the leftovers of a predator's meal.
Definition: 1) prey, food, leaf 1a) prey 1b) food 1c) leaf
Usage: Occurs in 23 OT verses. KJV: leaf, meat, prey, spoil. See also: Genesis 49:9; Isaiah 5:29; Psalms 76:5.
Study Notes — Psalms 76:5
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- Context
- Cross References
- Psalms 76:5 Summary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Reflection Questions
- Gill's Exposition on Psalms 76:5
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 76:5
- Matthew Poole's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
- Trapp's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
- Ellicott's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
- Cambridge Bible on Psalms 76:5
- Barnes' Notes on Psalms 76:5
- Whedon's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
- Sermons on Psalms 76:5
Context — God’s Name Is Great in Israel
3There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
4You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned. 7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
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| 1 | Nahum 3:18 | O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. |
| 2 | Psalms 13:3 | Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, |
| 3 | Isaiah 46:12 | Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness: |
| 4 | Jeremiah 51:39 | While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD. |
| 5 | Daniel 4:37 | Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. |
| 6 | Ezekiel 30:21–25 | “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt. |
| 7 | Isaiah 31:8 | “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. |
| 8 | Luke 1:51–52 | He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. |
| 9 | Isaiah 37:36 | Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! |
| 10 | Job 40:10–12 | Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand. |
Psalms 76:5 Summary
[Psalms 76:5 tells us that even the strongest and bravest warriors can be defeated and left helpless, showing us that true strength and power come from God. This reminds us of verses like Proverbs 21:30, which says that no human strength can stand against God's power. The phrase 'they sleep their last sleep' means that these warriors have been defeated to the point of death, and their strength is of no use to them now. This verse helps us understand that we should put our trust in God, not in our own abilities or strength, as seen in Psalms 28:7.]
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean that the valiant lie plundered in Psalms 76:5?
This means that even the strongest and bravest warriors have been defeated and left helpless, like plunder or spoils of war, as seen in other Bible verses like Proverbs 21:30, which reminds us that no human strength can stand against God's power.
Why do the valiant sleep their last sleep in Psalms 76:5?
This phrase indicates that the valiant have been defeated to the point of death, and their strength and might are of no use to them now, much like what is described in Ecclesiastes 8:8, where it says that no one has power over the day of their death.
What does it mean that no men of might could lift a hand in Psalms 76:5?
This phrase emphasizes the complete helplessness of even the strongest warriors in the face of God's judgment, similar to what is described in Isaiah 46:10, where God says that His purposes will stand, regardless of human strength or resistance.
How does this verse relate to God's power and majesty?
This verse highlights God's overwhelming power and majesty, as described in verses like Psalms 76:3-4, where God shatters the weapons of war and is resplendent with light, showing that He is the all-powerful and majestic God of Jacob, as mentioned in Psalms 76:6.
Reflection Questions
- What are the things in my life that I consider my 'strength' or 'might', and how would I feel if they were taken away from me?
- How does the idea that even the valiant can be defeated and left helpless make me feel about my own abilities and limitations?
- What are some ways that I can acknowledge and submit to God's power and majesty in my own life, as described in Psalms 76:7?
- How can I apply the lesson of Psalms 76:5 to my own life, recognizing that true strength and power come from God, as seen in verses like Philippians 4:13?
Gill's Exposition on Psalms 76:5
The stout hearted are spoiled,.... The Assyrian army, its officers and generals, that came up against Jerusalem, with great resolution and courage, and with daring impiety and blasphemy against the
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 76:5
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Matthew Poole's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
Are spoiled of all that glory and advantage which they either had already gotten, or further expected, from the success of their present expedition, which they promised to themselves. They became a prey to those upon whom they hoped to prey. Their sleep; even a perpetual sleep, as ,57, or the sleep of death, ; called their sleep emphatically, as being peculiar to them and such-like men, and not that sleep which is common to the good and bad. Their death he seems to call sleep, because they were slain in the night, when they had composed themselves to rest and sleep, and so passed insensibly from one sleep to another. For it is thought by many that this Psalm was composed upon the occasion of that prodigious slaughter of the Assyrians in Judah, . None have found their hands; they had no more strength in or use of their hands against the destroying angel, than they who have no hands.
Trapp's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
Psalms 76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.Ver. 5. The stout-hearted are spoiled] Heb. have yielded themselves up for prey: those that escaped the stroke of the angel, fled as fast as they could for their lives, leaving all behind them. The Rabbis expound it, they are spoiled of their understanding, infatuated. They have slept their sleep] Their long ironsleep (as the poets call it) of death. The destroying angel hath laid them fast enough and safe enough. And none of the men of might] Viri divitiarum, the Vulgate rendereth it, men of riches, such as are all worldlings, but men of might is better; these men of their hands could not find their hands, when God’ s angel took them to do.
Ellicott's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
(5) Are spoiled.—Literally, have let themselves be spoiled. The picture is of men rendered powerless, at a glance, a word, from God. Slept their sleep.—Better, have sunk into a deep sleep.None of the men of might have found their hands.—This expression for powerlessness naturally grew into an idiom in a language that used the word hand as a synonym for strength. (Comp. Joshua 8:20, margin; Exodus 14:31, margin; Deuteronomy 32:36, margin.) Delitzsch quotes a Talmudic phrase, “We did not find our hands and feet in the school house.” We may compare the Virgilian use of manus (Æn. 6:688), and Shakespeare’s “a proper fellow of my hands,” and for the use of “find” compare the common phrase “find one’s tongue.”
Adam Clarke's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
Verse 5. The stout-hearted are spoiled] The boasting blasphemers, such as Rab-shakeh, and his master Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. They have slept their sleep] They were asleep in their tent when the destroying angel, the suffocating wind, destroyed the whole; they over whom it passed never more awoke. None of the men of might] Is not this a strong irony? Where are your mighty men? their boasted armour, &c.?
Cambridge Bible on Psalms 76:5
5. The stouthearted] For illustration cp. Isaiah 10:12 ff. are spoiled] Lit. have let themselves be spoiled. Cp. Isaiah 17:14; Isaiah 33:1. they have slept their sleep] They slumber their (last) sleep, the sleep of death (Jeremiah 51:39; Jeremiah 51:57; Nahum 3:18). have found their hands] Their hands refused to act; their strength was paralysed; in spite of all their haughty boastings, Isaiah 10:10; Isaiah 10:13-14; Isaiah 10:32.
Barnes' Notes on Psalms 76:5
The stout-hearted are spoiled - The valiant men, the men who came so confidently to the invasion.
Whedon's Commentary on Psalms 76:5
5. Stout-hearted are spoiled—Instead of making plunder of God’s people they themselves are become a spoil. Slept their sleep—Their perpetual sleep, the sleep of death. Jeremiah 51:39-57.
Sermons on Psalms 76:5
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Psalm 13 by Henry Law | Henry Law preaches about the soul's journey from troubled to finding peace in God, emphasizing the need for faith to remain steadfast despite challenges and the assurance of joy th |
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3) Ministry From Spring Harvest - Chapter 5 by George Verwer | In this sermon, the speaker discusses the importance of understanding the book of Daniel and the changes that Daniel and his followers had to face. The speaker warns against compla |
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(Daniel: The Man God Uses #1) Christ the Goal by Ed Miller | In this sermon, the speaker makes three non-controversial observations about the book of Daniel. These observations are agreed upon by people who love the Lord. The first observati |
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Pride Goes Before a Fall by Denis Lyle | Denis Lyle preaches on the story of Nebuchadnezzar's conversion, emphasizing how pride led to his downfall and how God humbled him to bring him to salvation. The sermon highlights |
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The Parable of the Cedar and the Two Eagles by John Gifford Bellett | John Gifford Bellett preaches on the importance of discipline in preserving us for future blessings, emphasizing that it does not exalt us in this present world. Using the parable |
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Pride by J.C. Philpot | J.C. Philpot delivers a powerful sermon on the detestable nature of pride and arrogance, highlighting how pride is deeply rooted in the human heart and is considered the 'sin of si |
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Two Roads Two Destinies 08 Ireland st.chapel by Worth Ellis | In this sermon, the speaker begins by sharing a personal experience of meeting an old teacher and having a reunion in a crowded restaurant. He then transitions to discussing the we |