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; al tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song. We praise you, God, we praise you: we would call on your name and declare your wonders.

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

‘At the time I choose, I will judge fairly.

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

Though earth melt and all her inhabitants, it is I who keep steady her pillars.’ (Selah)

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

I say to the boasters, ‘Boast not’; 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 your horn on high, speak not boldly against the Rock.’

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

For not from east nor west, not from desert nor mountains;

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

but God himself is the judge, humbling one and exalting 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.

In the hand of the Lord is a cup foaming wine, richly spiced. Out of this he pours a draught, and all the wicked of earth must drain it down to the dregs.

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

But I will rejoice forever, singing 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 hew all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the just shall be lifted.