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 leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.” We give thanks to thee, O God! we give thanks to thee, and near is thy name; Men shall declare thy wondrous deeds!

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

“When I see my time, Then will I judge with equity.

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

The earth trembleth, and all her inhabitants; But I uphold her pillars.”

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

I say to the proud, Behave not proudly! To the wicked, Lift not up your horn!

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

Lift not up your horn on high, And speak not with a stiff neck!

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

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south;

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

But it is God that judgeth; He putteth down one, and setteth 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 in the hand of the LORD there is a cup; The wine is foaming and full of spices, And of it he poureth out; Even to the dregs shall all the wicked of the earth drink it.

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

Therefore I will extol him for ever; I will sing praise 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.”

“I will bring down all the power of the wicked; But the righteous shall lift up their heads.”