Psalms 75

1 UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

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

When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.

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

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

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

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

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

Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

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

For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.

7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth 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 poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

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

And I — I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise 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.

And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!