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 leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.” We give thanks to thee, O God! we give thanks to thee, and near is thy name; Men shall declare thy wondrous deeds!

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

“When I see my time, Then will I judge with equity.

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

The earth trembleth, and all her inhabitants; But I uphold her 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, Behave not proudly! To the wicked, Lift not up your horn!

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

Lift not up your horn on high, And speak not with a stiff neck!

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

For promotion cometh 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 it is God that judgeth; He putteth down one, and setteth 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 in the hand of the LORD there is a cup; The wine is foaming and full of spices, And of it he poureth out; Even to the dregs shall all the wicked of the earth drink it.

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

Therefore I will extol him for ever; 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!

“I will bring down all the power of the wicked; But the righteous shall lift up their heads.”