Psalms 75

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

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

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

“When I choose a time, 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 and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars.

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

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

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

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

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

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

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

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

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 a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

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

But I will proclaim Him forever; I will 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.

“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”