Psalms 75

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

TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. A SONG. We have given thanks to You, O God, We have given thanks, and Your Name [is] near, They have recounted Your wonders.

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

When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

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

The earth and all its inhabitants are melted, I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

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

I have said to the boastful, “Do not be boastful,” And to the wicked, “Do not raise up a horn.”

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

Do not raise up your horn on high (You speak with a stiff neck).

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

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

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

But God [is] judging, This He makes low—and this He lifts up.

8 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].

For a cup [is] in the hand of YHWH, And the wine has foamed, It is full of mixture, and He pours out of it, Surely wring out its dregs, And all the wicked of the earth drink,

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

And I declare [it] for all time, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

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

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