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.

`To the ouercomere; leese thou not the salm of the song of Asaph. God, we schulen knouleche to thee, `we schulen knouleche; and we schulen inwardli clepe thi name.

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

We schulen telle thi merueilis; whanne Y schal take tyme, Y schal deme riytfulnesses.

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

The erthe is meltid, and alle that duellen ther ynne; Y confermede the pileris therof.

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

I seide to wickid men, Nyle ye do wickidli; and to trespassouris, Nyle ye enhaunce the horn.

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

Nyle ye reise an hiy youre horn; nyle ye speke wickidnesse ayens God.

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

For nether fro the eest, nethir fro the west, nethir fro desert hillis; for God is the iuge.

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

He mekith this man, and enhaunsith hym; for a cuppe of cleene wyn ful of meddling is in the hoond of the Lord.

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,

And he bowide of this in to that; netheles the drast therof is not anyntischid; alle synneris of erthe schulen drinke therof.

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

Forsothe Y schal telle in to the world; Y schal synge to God of Jacob.

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

And Y schal breke alle the hornes of synneris; and the hornes of the iust man schulen be enhaunsid.