Psalms 75

1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme or song committed toAsaph. We will prayse thee, O God, we will prayse thee, for thy Name is neere: therefore they will declare thy wonderous workes.

Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph. We will praise thee, O God: we will praise, and we will call upon thy name. We will relate thy wondrous works:

2 When I shall take a conuenient time, I will iudge righteously.

When I shall take a time, I will judge justices.

3 The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. (Selah)

The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.

4 I saide vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.

I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.

5 Lift not vp your horne on high, neither speake with a stiffe necke.

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.

6 For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills:

7 But God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.

For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

8 For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink.

9 But I will declare for euer, and sing prayses vnto the God of Iaakob.

But I will declare for ever: I will sing to the God of Jacob.

10 All the hornes of the wicked also will I breake: but the hornes of the righteous shalbe exalted.

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