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 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.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up 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 [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].

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

But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises 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; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.