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 the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.

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

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

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

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

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

Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

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

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

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

But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth 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 a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

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

And I — I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

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

And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!