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.

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. We give thanks unto Thee, O God, we give thanks, and Thy name is near; men tell of Thy wondrous works.

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

'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.

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

When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' (Selah)

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

I say unto the arrogant: 'Deal not arrogantly'; and to the wicked: 'Lift not up the horn.'

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

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.

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

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the wilderness, cometh lifting up.

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

For God is judge; He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

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, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

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

But as for me, I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.