< 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.
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. To thee, O God, do we give thanks, [to thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.
2 Surely I will take a set time, —I, with equity, will judge:
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3 Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. (Selah)
The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (Selah)
4 I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;
I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;
Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.
6 For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];
For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;
But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
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, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs of it all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
9 But, I, will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob;
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises 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.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.