Psalms 75

1 For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A song. We thank you, God, we thank you because you are close beside us. People tell about the wonderful things you have done.

Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.

2 God says, “When the time I have decided comes, I will judge fairly.

While I have time, I will judge justices.

3 When the earth quakes, and all its inhabitants tremble, I am the one who holds it steady. (Selah)

The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. I have confirmed its pillars.

4 To those who boast I say, ‘Don't boast!’ I tell the wicked, ‘Don't be proud!’

I said to the iniquitous: “Do not act unjustly,” and to the offenders: “Do not exalt the horn.”

5 No, don't be proud and arrogant, insulting heaven.”

Do not exalt your horn on high. Do not speak iniquity against God.

6 For no one, from the east to the west, or from the wilderness, should think so highly of themselves.

For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains.

7 God is the one who decides—who he will bring down and who he will lift up.

For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.

8 For the Lord has a cup in his hand, full of bubbling wine mixed with spices. He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it deeply, down to the last drop.

For, in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of consternation. And he has tipped it from here to there. So, truly, its dregs have not been emptied. All the sinners of the earth will drink.

9 But I will speak about you forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But I will announce it in every age. I will sing to the God of Jacob.

10 For God says, “I will break the power of the wicked; but I will give my support to those who do what is good.”

And I will break all the horns of sinners. And the horns of the just will be exalted.