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.

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

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

When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

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

The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. (Selah)

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

I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

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

Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”

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

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

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

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

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 in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

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

But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises 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.

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.