King James Version

Psalms 76:7

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 76:8.

אַתָּ֤הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.נ֥וֹרָאnorafearיָרֵאverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “fear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).אַ֗תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.וּמִֽיumiand whoמִיconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יַעֲמֹ֥דyaamodstandעָמַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stand”, an unfinished actionH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…לְפָנֶ֗יךָlefaneykhato a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…מֵאָ֥זmeazfrom at which timeאָזpreposition, adverb — “from at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.אַפֶּֽךָapekhafaceאַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(76-8) Thou, even Thou, art terrible; and who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou, fearful [art] Thou, And who doth stand before Thee, Since Thou hast been angry!

World English Bible

You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?

Darby Translation

Thou, thou art to be feared, and who can stand before thee when once thou art angry?

Douay-Rheims

And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(76-8) Thou, even Thou, art terrible; and who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou art terrible; and who shall withstand thee, because of thine anger?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σὺ φοβερὸς εἶ, καὶ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί σοι ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς σου;