Psa 76:12 | KingComments | STEP | Deliverance has been accomplished. Now it is a matter of fulfilling the vows made in the distress “to the LORD your God” ( ). This refers to the votive offering, a form of the peace offering ( ). That is what the remnant is reminded of here. The LORD is now their God. Like Elijah, whose name means ‘the LORD is my God’, the faithful remnant through the service of Elijah, the service of the maskilim , can now say ‘the LORD is my God’. They are addressed here as “all who are around Him”. They live around Him, He is in their midst. That makes the fulfillment of their vows all the more desirable. Next, the surrounding peoples are also addressed ( ). They are told to “bring gifts to Him who is to be feared”. They will be wise to acknowledge Him in His supremacy which He has proved in the judgment on His enemies. They can express their fear of Him, which includes the acknowledgment of His authority, by bringing Him gifts. The spirit or breath of the princes of the surrounding nations is in His hand ( ; ). We see these princes in the two beasts of Revelation 13 – the beast coming out of the sea, which is the leader of the then restored Roman Empire, and the beast coming out of the earth, which is the antichrist –, in the king of the North, and in Gog and Magog. God cuts off their spirit, i.e. their breath, with the ease with which one ‘cuts off grapes’ to throw them into the wine press to be trampled on ( ; cf. ). “The kings of the earth” fear Him, for He is “the ruler of the kings of the earth” ( ). To Him all kings must give an account. When the time of their sentencing comes, they will rightly fear Him.

‏ Psalms 76:12

God Is Feared by the Kings

Deliverance has been accomplished. Now it is a matter of fulfilling the vows made in the distress “to the LORD your God” (Psa 76:11a). This refers to the votive offering, a form of the peace offering (Lev 7:16). That is what the remnant is reminded of here.

The LORD is now their God. Like Elijah, whose name means ‘the LORD is my God’, the faithful remnant through the service of Elijah, the service of the maskilim, can now say ‘the LORD is my God’. They are addressed here as “all who are around Him”. They live around Him, He is in their midst. That makes the fulfillment of their vows all the more desirable.

Next, the surrounding peoples are also addressed (Psa 76:11b). They are told to “bring gifts to Him who is to be feared”. They will be wise to acknowledge Him in His supremacy which He has proved in the judgment on His enemies. They can express their fear of Him, which includes the acknowledgment of His authority, by bringing Him gifts.

The spirit or breath of the princes of the surrounding nations is in His hand (Psa 76:12; Dan 5:23b). We see these princes in the two beasts of Revelation 13 – the beast coming out of the sea, which is the leader of the then restored Roman Empire, and the beast coming out of the earth, which is the antichrist –, in the king of the North, and in Gog and Magog.

God cuts off their spirit, i.e. their breath, with the ease with which one ‘cuts off grapes’ to throw them into the wine press to be trampled on (Psa 2:1-6; cf. Rev 14:18-20). “The kings of the earth” fear Him, for He is “the ruler of the kings of the earth” (Rev 1:5). To Him all kings must give an account. When the time of their sentencing comes, they will rightly fear Him.