Psalms 75

1 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.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

3 The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (Selah)

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars.

4 I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

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

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

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

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

7 But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

8 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].

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

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

“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”