Psalms 76:8,9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard, &c. Thou didst execute judgment upon thine enemies by an angel sent from heaven. The earth feared, and was still The effect of this terrible judgment was, that the rest of the world was afraid to invade or disturb the land and people of Israel; and chose rather to be still and stay quietly in their own territories. When God Who had long suffered their insolence; arose to judgment To execute judgment upon his enemies, and the enemies of his people. Hebrew, בקום, bekum, in his arising, or, after he had risen, or, because he did arise; to save all the meek The humble, the patient, the mild, and gentle; or, the godly, who are often called meek ones; of the earth Rather, of the land, for whose sakes, and in answer to whose prayers, God wrought this great deliverance which reached to all the people of the land.