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.

To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A Melody of Asaph, a Song. We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.

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

Surely I will take a set time, —I, with equity, will judge:

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

Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. (Selah)

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

I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

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

Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;

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

For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];

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

For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift 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, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another, —Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.

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

But, I, will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob;

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

But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off, —Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.