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 ouercomere; leese thou not the salm of the song of Asaph. God, we schulen knouleche to thee, `we schulen knouleche; and we schulen inwardli clepe thi name.

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

We schulen telle thi merueilis; whanne Y schal take tyme, Y schal deme riytfulnesses.

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

The erthe is meltid, and alle that duellen ther ynne; Y confermede the pileris therof.

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

I seide to wickid men, Nyle ye do wickidli; and to trespassouris, Nyle ye enhaunce the horn.

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

Nyle ye reise an hiy youre horn; nyle ye speke wickidnesse ayens God.

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

For nether fro the eest, nethir fro the west, nethir fro desert hillis; for God is the iuge.

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

He mekith this man, and enhaunsith hym; for a cuppe of cleene wyn ful of meddling is in the hoond of the Lord.

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.

And he bowide of this in to that; netheles the drast therof is not anyntischid; alle synneris of erthe schulen drinke therof.

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

Forsothe Y schal telle in to the world; Y schal synge to God of Jacob.

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

And Y schal breke alle the hornes of synneris; and the hornes of the iust man schulen be enhaunsid.