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.

Siyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, siyabonga, ukuthi ibizo lakho liseduze, iyalandisa imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.

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

Lapho ngisemukela isikhathi esimisiweyo ngizakwahlulela ngokuqonda.

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

Umhlaba labo bonke abakhileyo kuwo kuncibilikile; mina ngiqinisa insika zawo. (Sela)

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

Ngathi kwabayiziwula: Lingabi yiziwula. Lakwababi: Lingaphakamisi uphondo.

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

Lingaphakamiseli phezulu uphondo lwenu, lingakhulumi ngentamo elukhuni.

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

Ngoba ukuphakanyiswa kakuveli empumalanga kumbe entshonalanga njalo hatshi enkangala.

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

Kodwa uNkulunkulu ungumahluleli, uyehlisa omunye, aphakamise omunye.

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.

Ngoba esandleni seNkosi kulenkezo; lewayini liphuphuma, ligcwele inhlanganiso; iyathulula okwalo; kodwa izibhidi zalo, ababi bonke bomhlaba bazazihluza bazinathe.

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

Kodwa mina ngizatshumayela njalonjalo, ngihlabele indumiso kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.

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

Njalo zonke impondo zababi ngizaziquma; impondo zabalungileyo zizaphakanyiswa.