Psalms 75

1 To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.

2 When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.

While I have time, I will judge justices.

3 Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. I have confirmed its pillars.

4 I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

I said to the iniquitous: “Do not act unjustly,” and to the offenders: “Do not exalt the horn.”

5 Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

Do not exalt your horn on high. Do not speak iniquity against God.

6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.

For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains.

7 But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.

For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.

8 For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

For, in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of consternation. And he has tipped it from here to there. So, truly, its dregs have not been emptied. All the sinners of the earth will drink.

9 And I — I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

But I will announce it in every age. I will sing to the God of Jacob.

10 And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!

And I will break all the horns of sinners. And the horns of the just will be exalted.