Psalms 75

1 To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A Melody of Asaph, a Song. We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.

Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.

2 Surely I will take a set time, —I, with equity, will judge:

While I have time, I will judge justices.

3 Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. (Selah)

The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. I have confirmed its pillars.

4 I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

I said to the iniquitous: “Do not act unjustly,” and to the offenders: “Do not exalt the horn.”

5 Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;

Do not exalt your horn on high. Do not speak iniquity against God.

6 For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];

For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains.

7 For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;

For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.

8 For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another, —Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.

For, in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of consternation. And he has tipped it from here to there. So, truly, its dregs have not been emptied. All the sinners of the earth will drink.

9 But, I, will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob;

But I will announce it in every age. I will sing to the God of Jacob.

10 But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off, —Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.

And I will break all the horns of sinners. And the horns of the just will be exalted.