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 him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme or song committed toAsaph. We will prayse thee, O God, we will prayse thee, for thy Name is neere: therefore they will declare thy wonderous workes.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

When I shall take a conuenient time, I will iudge righteously.

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

The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. (Selah)

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

I saide vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.

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

Lift not vp your horne on high, neither speake with a stiffe necke.

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

For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,

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

But God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.

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 is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

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

But I will declare for euer, and sing prayses vnto the God of Iaakob.

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

All the hornes of the wicked also will I breake: but the hornes of the righteous shalbe exalted.