Psalms 75

1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

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 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. (Selah)

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

4 I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

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

5 Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”

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

6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

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

7 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

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

8 For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

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 declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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

10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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