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 chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song. We give thanks to you, God; we give thanks, for you reveal your presence; people tell of your wondrous works.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

At the appointed time I will judge fairly.

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

Though the earth and all the inhabitants shake in fear, I make steady the earth's 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 to the arrogant, “Do not be arrogant,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up the horn.

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

Do not lift up your horn to the heights; do not speak with an insolent neck.”

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

It is not from the east or from the west, and it is not from the wilderness that lifting up comes.

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

But God is the judge; he brings down and he lifts up.

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 Yahweh holds in his hand a cup of foaming wine, which is mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will drink it to the last drop.

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

But I will continually tell what you have done; 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!

He says, “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be raised up.”