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; al tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song. We praise you, God, we praise you: we would call on your name and declare your wonders.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

‘At the time I choose, I will judge fairly.

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

Though earth melt and all her inhabitants, it is I who keep steady her pillars.’ (Selah)

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 boasters, ‘Boast not’; 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 your horn on high, speak not boldly against the Rock.’

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

For not from east nor west, not from desert nor mountains;

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

but God himself is the judge, humbling one and exalting 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,

In the hand of the Lord is a cup foaming wine, richly spiced. Out of this he pours a draught, and all the wicked of earth must drain it down to the dregs.

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

But I will rejoice forever, singing 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 hew all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the just shall be lifted.