Psalms 75

1 For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. We will give thanks to you, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon your name: I will declare all your wonderful works.

To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph: a Song. Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it.

2 When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.

When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.

3 The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. (Pause)

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. (Selah)

4 I said to the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.

I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a [stiff] neck.

6 For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.

For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation [come]:

7 For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.

For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another.

8 For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them].

For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, [and] drink.

9 But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But as for me, I will declare for ever; I will sing psalms to the God of Jacob.

10 And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.

And all the horns of the wicked will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.