< Psalms 75 >
1 [For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song.] We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. We give thanks unto Thee, O God, we give thanks, and Thy name is near; men tell of Thy wondrous works.
2 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. (Selah)
When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' (Selah)
4 I said to the arrogant, "Do not boast." I said to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn.
I say unto the arrogant: 'Deal not arrogantly'; and to the wicked: 'Lift not up the horn.'
5 Do not lift up your horn on high. Do not speak with a stiff neck."
Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.
6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the wilderness, cometh lifting up.
7 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
For God is judge; He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
8 For in the hand of YHWH there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
9 But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
But as for me, I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.