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.

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 receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth 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 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 And I declare [it] for all time, I sing praise 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 cut off all horns of the wicked, The horns of the righteous are exalted!

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