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.

Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

While I have time, I will judge justices.

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

The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. I have confirmed its pillars.

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

I said to the iniquitous: “Do not act unjustly,” and to the offenders: “Do not exalt the horn.”

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

Do not exalt your horn on high. Do not speak iniquity against God.

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

For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains.

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

For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.

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, in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of consternation. And he has tipped it from here to there. So, truly, its dregs have not been emptied. All the sinners of the earth will drink.

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

But I will announce it in every age. I will sing to the God of Jacob.

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

And I will break all the horns of sinners. And the horns of the just will be exalted.