Psalms 75

1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. A SONG. We have given thanks to You, O God, We have given thanks, and Your Name [is] near, They have recounted Your wonders.

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 receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

3 The earth and all its inhabitants are melted, I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars.

4 I have said to the boastful, “Do not be boastful,” And to the wicked, “Do not raise up a horn.”

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

5 Do not raise up your horn on high (You speak with a stiff neck).

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

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

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

7 But God [is] judging, This He makes low—and this He lifts up.

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

8 For a cup [is] in the hand of YHWH, And the wine has foamed, It is full of mixture, and He pours out of it, Surely wring out its dregs, And all the wicked of the earth drink,

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 And I declare [it] for all time, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

10 And I cut off all horns of the wicked, The horns of the righteous are exalted!

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