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].

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

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

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).

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (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 fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

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

Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff 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.

For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

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 putteth down one, and setteth up another.

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 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 [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 declare for ever; 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.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.