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II

Terrible and awesome are you,
    stronger than the ancient mountains.[a]
Despoiled are the stouthearted;
    they sank into sleep;
    the hands of all the men of valor have failed.(A)
At your roar, O God of Jacob,
    chariot and steed lay still.

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Footnotes

  1. 76:5 Ancient mountains: conjectural translation of a difficult Hebrew phrase on the basis of Gn 49:26. The mountains are part of the structure of the universe (Ps 89:12–13).