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.

To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

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

When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.

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

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

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

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

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

Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

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

For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.

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

But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.

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 a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

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

And I — I declare [it] to the age, I 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.”

And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!