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76:3-9 None Can Stand before You When You Rise to Judge. The past-tense verbs show that this psalm is particularly geared to celebrating an occasion in which God has protected Zion from Gentile invaders: he broke the flashing arrows, the stouthearted (Gentile warriors) were stripped of their spoil, rider and horse lay stunned. Verses 6-9 trace the victory to God's rebuke, his judgment, and his plan to save all the humble of the earth (the faithful among his people). This could refer to the deliverance from Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35), but the words are general enough for other occasions, and there is no reason to tie this psalm to that event over any other (cf. also Ps. 46:9).