Psalms 75

1 To you, O God, do we give thanks, to you do we give thanks: for that your name is near your wondrous works declare.

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.

2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

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

3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (Selah)

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

4 I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

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

5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

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

6 For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

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

7 But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.

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

8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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.

9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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

10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

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