Psalms 75

1 For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. We will give thanks to thee, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon thy name: I will declare all thy wonderful works.

2 “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.

3 When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars.

The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. (Pause)

4 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.

5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.

6 For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.

7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.

8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them].

9 But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.