Psalms 75

1 We give thanks to you; our God, we thank you. You are close to us, and we proclaim to others the wonderful things that you have done [for us].

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 [You have said], “I have appointed a time when I will judge people, and I will judge [everyone] fairly.

At the appointed time I will judge fairly.

3 When the earth shakes and all the creatures on the earth tremble, I am the one who will (keep its foundations steady/prevent it from being destroyed).

Though the earth and all the inhabitants shake in fear, I make steady the earth's pillars. (Selah)

4 I say to people who (boast/talk proudly about themselves), ‘Stop bragging!’ and I say to wicked people, ‘Do not proudly [do things to] show how great you are [IDM]!

I said to the arrogant, “Do not be arrogant,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up the horn.

5 Do not be arrogant, and do not speak so boastfully!’”

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

6 The one who judges people does not come from the east or from the west, and he does not come from the desert.

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

7 God is the one who judges people; he says that some have sinned and must be punished, and that others have not done what is wrong.

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

8 [It is as though] Yahweh holds a cup in his hand; it is filled with wine that [has spices] mixed in it [to cause those who drink it to become more drunk]; and when Yahweh pours it out, he will force all the wicked people to drink it; they will drink every drop of it, [which means that he will give them all the punishment that they deserve].

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 But [as for me], I will never stop saying what the God whom Jacob [worshiped has done]; I will never quit singing to praise him.

But I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 He will destroy the power [IDM] of wicked people, but he will cause righteous people to become more powerful.

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