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.

Þökk sé þér Drottinn! Máttarverk þín staðfesta umhyggju þína.

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

„Já, “svarar Drottinn, „og þegar stundin er komin mun ég refsa öllum illgjörðamönnum!

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

Þótt jörðin nötri og íbúar hennar skjálfi af ótta, eru undirstöður hennar traustar, enda verk handa minna!“

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

Ég sagði hinum hrokafullu að láta af drambi sínu og illmennunum að hætta sínum ögrandi augnagotum,

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

að láta af þrjósku og hroka.

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

Velgengni og völd getur enginn þakkað sér sjálfum,

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

allt eru það gjafir frá Guði. Hann upphefur einn, en niðurlægir annan.

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].

Drottinn heldur á bikar fullum af freyðandi víni – það er dómurinn gegn illmennum heimsins. Þau skulu drekka hann í botn!

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

En ég mun vegsama Guð um aldur og ævi.

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

Styrkur hinna óguðlegu verður að engu, en réttlátir skulu ríkja með reisn.