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.

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 take a set time, I will judge righteously.

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

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

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

4 I said to the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, 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 unrighteousness against God.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 exult 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 And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one 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.”